Why HR Practitioners Can’t Be Afraid to Fail

If work contributes to an employee’s mental health challenges, who addresses the root cause? Taking a step back, how do you know whether your workplace supports or jeopardizes an employee’s health physically as well as mentally?
Having disability and absence management professionals at the table when reviewing case management software helps avoid surprise costs and it ensures data security.
Which data-driven strategies will guide employers toward more sustainable benefit structures? Bryon E. Bass, CLMS, CEO, DMEC, shares insights in this 2025 trends overview.
Ensuring employer compliance requires creativity and due diligence; a commitment to detail and a dedication to helping employees during vulnerable times. This issue showcases the variety and complexity of this work as well as competing demands on disability and absence managers. It also emphasizes the value of community and access to colleagues, who share challenges and successes and lean in to provide guidance. Read about lessons learned during the first year of implementing the Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance program, how assessing cognitive demands can help protect employees from reinjury when they return to work, tools to help teams take an unbiased approach to accommodations, and more.