Compliance Showcase: The Changing Paid Leave Landscape
As states pass more paid statutory leaves and voters across the country approve paid family and medical leave programs, employers have many options for designing leave benefits to ensure employees have the coverage they need. The question is what to do where.
The Eye of the Storm: The Evolution of PFML Trends and Paid Leave Policies
Paid family and medical leave (PFML) has become a more critical and sought-out component of employee benefit packages as administration of the programs becomes more complicated. And that creates challenges for employers that are considering starting, expanding, and integrating PFML into their benefits programs.
To Gender Equality and Beyond
As employers seek more inclusive environments, many are removing gender pronouns from policies and handbooks in favor of more gender-neutral terms, such as they, their, and them. They’re also working to ensure benefit programs are equitable and accessible.
The CEO’s Desk: Adjusting to a New Era of Compliance
How do industry professionals adjust to this new era of compliance? It’s important to go back to the basics, identify which employment practices need fine-tuning to ensure compliance, and which policies need updating or modernization. And DMEC is here to offer you the support and resources you need.
The Disabled Workforce: Technology to Evaluate Teleworking Accommodations
Telework/work from home may be a form of reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, because changing the location where work is performed is one way to ensure employees can be productive. How then does an organization evaluate whether telework is
