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The Impact of Paid Leave for Caregivers

The next challenge on the horizon is navigating new and existing leave laws in hybrid workplaces, where employees work from offices on some days and remotely on others. While the transition to a hybrid work environment may be challenging for many, it has been especially difficult for caregivers who

Integrated Absence Management: Hybrid Workplace

With ongoing safety concerns driven by COVID-19 and a challenging employment market, it’s essential to figure out how remote and hybrid work affect workplace rules and procedures — especially when you are managing something as complex as employee leave requests.

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Absence Matters: When Your Employee is Expecting

Many companies are engaging in interactive dialogues with pregnant employees — whether or not the state requires them to do so. This approach offers multiple benefits as in almost all situations, if employers and employees find solutions that help employees stay at work, everyone wins.

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Program Showcase: FMLA Leave Administration Tuneup

It is a good practice to evaluate your federal Family and Medical Leave Act administrative choices periodically to make sure they meet your organization’s needs and goals — particularly in light of changes made to state laws and workplace norms during the last two years.

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Compliance Showcase: Military Leave Trends and Considerations

Even though USERRA has been the law for more than a quarter century, employers and employees still struggle with its nuances. What types of service are covered? How much work can an employee miss due to military service? An early 2021 amendment to USERRA further muddied the waters, as

Program Showcase: How Employers Balance Agility and Compliance

As we’ve learned in the last two years, employers need to be agile and flexible. They must be able to quickly implement new leaves, policies, and benefits to continue operations and remain compliant as they face pandemic-related issues and other developments that lie ahead.

Compliance Showcase: Second and Third Opinions

Leave abuse can damage workplace morale while driving up costs because of lost productivity, overtime pay, or the need to hire replacement workers. Challenging a suspicious certification may rein in an employee playing loose with FMLA leaves and allow you to manage the claim effectively. More broadly, it can

Evolving Challenges of Leave Compliance

Employers are subject to a multitude of annual changes pertaining to absence and statutory disability from legislatures, the U.S. Department of Labor, state labor departments, and other regulatory agencies. Employers can protect themselves by creating a leave compliance action plan and knowing how to respond to the complexities of

Vaccines and the Workplace: Are Employers Inoculated from Liability?

As it currently stands, employers can make their own determinations about requiring vaccinations though they must abide by the general duty clause in the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide a work environment that is “free from recognized hazards.” And whether they are required to or choose to

The CEO’s Desk: The Essential Role of Education in Compliance

While statistics show improvements from previous years, it is clear we haven’t yet mastered compliance especially when it comes to granting FMLA leave and providing ADA accommodations. There continues to be a need for ongoing training, effective communication, and an evaluation of staff knowledge, skills, and comfort level with

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Category: @Work Magazine

The Impact of Paid Leave for Caregivers

Integrated Absence Management: Hybrid Workplace

Absence Matters: When Your Employee is Expecting

Program Showcase: FMLA Leave Administration Tuneup

Compliance Showcase: Military Leave Trends and Considerations

Program Showcase: How Employers Balance Agility and Compliance

Compliance Showcase: Second and Third Opinions

Evolving Challenges of Leave Compliance

Vaccines and the Workplace: Are Employers Inoculated from Liability?

The CEO’s Desk: The Essential Role of Education in Compliance

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