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Effective DEI Program Strategies to Support Employees

The diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy is a critical extension of Sedgwick’s commitment to environmental, social, and governance initiatives. Creating and supporting employee resource groups or colleague resource groups — as they’re known at Sedgwick — is also a way to achieve the organization’s caring counts philosophy that everyone deserves

ERGs Help Break Down Mental Health Stigma by Engaging and Supporting Employees

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has a rich history of supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion that dates back to the 1970s. One secret to success has been 14 employee resource groups (ERGs) and engineering networking groups with more than 10,000 co-worker members.

It’s Time to Reconsider Your Policy for Marijuana Testing

So much in the world of absence management has changed, including an employer’s right to test employees for marijuana. Ten years ago, we could all rely on zero tolerance and drug testing policies when it came to what we tested for and when, particularly with regard to pre-employment testing. That

Fourth Circuit Rules: Gender Dysphoria Is Not Excluded from Coverage under the ADA

Gender dysphoria is not excluded from the broad definition of “disability” protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held.

CDC’S COVID-19 Guidance Changes…Again

Since March 2020, COVID-19 rules have been confusing at best. On Aug. 11, 2022, in an effort to streamline the guidance and reflect the current state of the pandemic, the CDC once again issued updated guidance.

What Employers Need to Know About Monkeypox

Monkeypox is the latest virus to catch wide attention. But it is important for employers to keep in mind that MPV is not COVID-19. Nevertheless, there are steps employers can take.

Order for Changes to Michigan Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Law Stayed

On July 19, 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims held that in 2018, the state legislature violated the Michigan Constitution when it enacted, and within the same legislative session amended, two ballot initiatives — one to raise the minimum wage and the other to require employers to provide paid

Change to Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Vetoed

A provision in the enacted state budget for fiscal year 2023 would have amended the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act to provide employers and employees more flexibility to use other accrued benefits to supplement paid benefits received from the state.

2022 DMEC Long COVID Think Tank Summary

As employers grapple with understanding and managing long COVID in the workplace, DMEC and Sedgwick have convened a think tank of industry experts to weigh in and provide solutions for this complex topic.

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Allows Adding Accrued Sick and Vacation Pay to Benefits

A provision in the enacted state budget for fiscal year 2023 amends the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) to provide employers and employees more flexibility to use other accrued benefits to supplement paid benefits received from the state.

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Category: Resources

Effective DEI Program Strategies to Support Employees

ERGs Help Break Down Mental Health Stigma by Engaging and Supporting Employees

It’s Time to Reconsider Your Policy for Marijuana Testing

Fourth Circuit Rules: Gender Dysphoria Is Not Excluded from Coverage under the ADA

CDC’S COVID-19 Guidance Changes…Again

What Employers Need to Know About Monkeypox

Order for Changes to Michigan Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Law Stayed

Change to Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Vetoed

2022 DMEC Long COVID Think Tank Summary

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Allows Adding Accrued Sick and Vacation Pay to Benefits

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