Category: @Work Magazine

Transitional Return-to-Work Programs Show Dollars and Sense ROI

What’s the best way to support employees who need a leave of absence as an accommodation and help them return to work as soon as possible?

Full content available to DMEC members only.

<a href="https://dmec.org/membership" class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" style="min-width:

Supporting Effective Return-to-Work Practices for Employees with Cancer

With increasing cancer rates and expectations that new cancer diagnoses will cross the 2 million mark in 2024, employers should be prepared to support employees through their journeys and encourage them to return to work when possible.

Full content available to

Is Helping Employees Stay at Work a Fundamental Underlying Premise of What You Do?

While it’s easy to get mired in administrative clutter when fielding requests for accommodations, ensuring you focus first on stay-at-work options whenever employees request accommodation is the best way to ensure that everyone comes out whole!

How Employers Could Get Into Trouble Under the PWFA

What are employers’ top challenges when it comes to implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)? Get questions answered and read details about how the PWFA differs from the Americans with Disabilities Act.

2024 Integrated Absence Management Issue

The process of integrating disability and absence management has been called a journey and, as authors note throughout this issue of @Work magazine, it is one well worth taking! This approach, a hallmark of the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) since its inception, helps employers comply with an increasing number

DMEC News: June-August 2024

Stay up-to-date on all DMEC products and services — from the 2023 DMEC Leave Management Survey to the 2024 DMEC Annual Conference, and more.

The Disabled Workforce: Managing Excessive Use of Leave

What’s the best way to handle an increasing number of employees calling out for medical reasons when they do not seem like reasonable requests?

Full content available to DMEC members only.

Join Now

Featured Case: Diabetes and the ADA

Diabetes, a chronic condition characterized by high blood sugar levels, affects millions of employees worldwide.1 Jury verdicts that favor employees with this condition who bring lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) illustrate how costly it can be for employers that fail to accommodate the condition.

Full content available to DMEC members only.

<a href="https://dmec.org/membership" class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm"

Employer Solutions: Cautionary Tales of Workers’ Compensation and Absence Management

Using an integrated disability and absence management approach helps employers avoid gaps in coverage as well and mismatched expectations with job accommodations, disability insurance, paid leaves, unpaid leaves, and more!

Full content available to DMEC members only.

<a href="https://dmec.org/membership" class="elementor-button

DMEC Members Stay Informed

Upcoming Webinars

2024 Technology Series Webinar: Ask the Experts – Navigating the Technology Buying Process for Leave and Accommodation Management

2024 Regional Compliance Webinar: Federal Update

2024 Integrated Absence Management Issue

2024 Mental Health and Well-Being Issue

CLMS Certification Gets You Noticed

Connect with Other DMEC Members

Recent Legislative Updates

Connecticut Legislature Passes Major Expansion of Paid Sick Leave Law

New York State Budget Includes Enhanced Employer Obligations

Special Report: PWFA Final Regulations

Puerto Rico Special Paid Leave Activated for Dengue Fever State of Emergency

Category: @Work Magazine

Transitional Return-to-Work Programs Show Dollars and Sense ROI

Supporting Effective Return-to-Work Practices for Employees with Cancer

Is Helping Employees Stay at Work a Fundamental Underlying Premise of What You Do?

How Employers Could Get Into Trouble Under the PWFA

2024 Integrated Absence Management Issue

DMEC News: June-August 2024

The Disabled Workforce: Managing Excessive Use of Leave

Featured Case: Diabetes and the ADA

Employer Solutions: Cautionary Tales of Workers’ Compensation and Absence Management

Our National Partners

Membership

Conferences & webinars

Resources

Certification Training

Community

About DMEC

Follow Us

Contact Us

Upcoming Webinars

Recent Legislative Updates

Category: @Work Magazine

Our National Partners

Follow Us

Contact Us

Search

Member Name

Join our Email List

*Required

Presenter Name

Presenter Name

Presenter Name

Presenter Name

Presenter Name

Lindsay Lueken

Alice Cotti

Seth Turner