Changing the Healthcare Conversation Health insurance is how a company protects its greatest asset — its employees. Statistically, healthy employees miss less time from work for sick days and disability, … Read More
A Foundational Approach to Return to Function: A White Paper from IAIABC
Return to Work: A Foundational Approach to Return to Function Tremendous strain is being placed on economics and healthcare systems around the globe by life-altering, preventable workplace injuries and long-term … Read More
The 2017 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index and Study
Employers are making absence management a higher priority, but advances can still be made. In Guardian’s 2017 study, they take a look at trends in employee leave practices and outcomes, … Read More
Paid Parental Leave: A White Paper from Pacific Resources
What Employers Need to Consider In 2015, Pacific Resources published a white paper that highlighted changing employer attitudes and benefit plans related to parental leaves. Since then, many more organizations … Read More
The Changing Face of Dying in America: A White Paper from Aetna
The Changing Face of Dying in America You’ve no doubt heard the old saying: “There are only two things in life that are certain, death and taxes.” Well, we do know … Read More
The Route Back from Disability: A White Paper from Aetna
The Route Back from Disability Studies on predictors of return-to-work successes date back decades. Much of the research has looked at employees who return to work and those who don’t, … Read More
Ability-Driven Absence Management: A White Paper from Aetna
Moving Toward Maximum Productivity In a series of recent white papers, the current culture of disability was addressed in whether the terms “disability” and “disabled” do more harm than good. … Read More
The RTW Hierarchy: A White Paper from Zurich
A Strategy to Identify Temporary Transitional Work Opportunities In this day and age, it is common knowledge that the early return to work of injured or ill workers (in both occupational … Read More
Vocational Rehabilitation: A White Paper from Aetna
An Effective, Cost-Efficient Solution to Help Employees Get Back to Work In a recent series of white papers, Aetna has been exploring issues surrounding disability, particularly in which many people … Read More
Meeting the Challenges of Absence and Disability Management: A White Paper from Sun Life Financial
Understanding FMLA and ADA Legal Requirements Managing employee leaves is one of the most challenging personnel issues for employers. A complex array of statutory and regulatory requirements provides employees with … Read More
The Aging of the Baby Boomer Generation: A White Paper from Aetna
Implications for Employers and Insurers Baby boomers – the generation born between 1946 and 1964, is about 77 million strong in the U.S. By virtue of its sheer size, the … Read More
Looking at Disability Holistically: A White Paper from Aetna
Exploring the Capacity for Work In a recent white paper, Disability and the Disabled Mindset: The Human Costs and the Opportunity, Aetna raised the question of whether the terms “disability” … Read More
2015 DMEC Employer Leave Management Survey White Paper
This fifth annual report provides a summary and an analysis of the results of the 2015 Employer Leave Management Survey. The survey tracks employer methods, challenges, and successes in the … Read More
Disability and the Disabled Mindset: A White Paper from Aetna
The Human Costs and the Opportunity Being on disability can be straining physically, financially and psychologically. The term “disabled” often comes with decreased life expectancy, marginal income levels, poor general … Read More
Outsourcing Leave and Absence Management: A White Paper from Pacific Resources
When determining whether your company should insource or outsource any aspect of leave and absence management, you should first consider your specific goals. What does a successful leave program look … Read More
The 2015 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index and Study
Amidst a challenging benefits environment where employers are reacting to new health care reform laws, tight budgets, and heightened pressure on productivity, the importance of absence management remains strong. Employers … Read More
Early Intervention & RTW Best Practices: A White Paper from Zurich
We have often heard that “early intervention” is a key factor in effective workplace disability management and the principle of “early return to work” is essential to achieving successful rehabilitation … Read More
2015 Leadership Series White Paper: Best Practices in Managing Absence in Call Centers
The 2015 DMEC Leadership Series, sponsored by Liberty Mutual for the eleventh consecutive year, explored best practices in managing absence in call centers. Human resources managers, disability managers, health and … Read More
2014 DMEC Employer Leave Management Survey White Paper
This fourth annual report provides a summary and an analysis of the 2014 Employer Leave Management Survey jointly sponsored by DMEC and Spring Consulting Group. The survey tracks employer methods, … Read More
2014 Behavioral Risk Survey Results and White Paper
This report provides a summary and an analysis of the 2014 Disability Management Employer Coalition’s biennial survey, which tracks employer strategies, advancements, prevalence, and effectiveness in the area of Behavioral … Read More