State-by-State Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation: An Employer’s Guide By Kristin Hostetter, CPDM Sr. Product Manager, Absence Management Lincoln Financial Group By Marissa Mayfield, MBA Sr. Product Manager, Statutory … Read More
Paid Sick and Safe Leave
Paid Sick and Safe Leave: Complex Compliance Challenges Require Customized Solutions By Janis Moebus, MA VP National Absence Management Practice Aon Health Solutions By Adam Morell, JD Senior Consultant, National … Read More
Program Showcase: Navigating Paid Family Leave
The Conundrum of Coordination: Navigating Paid Family Leave By Terry Smith First-VP Consultant American Benefits Consulting By Erica Vanni First-VP Consultant American Benefits Consulting Responding to a tight U.S. labor … Read More
Compliance Showcase: Supervisor Training Business Case
Building the Business Case for Supervisor Training: You Can’t Afford Not To By Marti Cardi, JD VP, Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management At virtually every conference presentation by federal agency … Read More
SAW/RTW Showcase: Support for Victims of Violence
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking: Develop a Workplace Response By Erin Winters, JD Attorney Pacific Employment Law Victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking lose tens of thousands … Read More
Absence Matters: Leave & Disability Resources
Searching for Answers: Leave & Disability Resources By Bryon Bass SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Sedgwick Ensuring and maintaining compliance with leave of absence and employment law is … Read More
Integrated Absence Management: Supervisors Are Key
Supervisors: Key to Managing and Preventing Absence By Glenn Pransky, MD Scientific Advisor Lincoln Financial Group By Tawnya Goertzen Director, Clinical Vocational Operations Lincoln Financial Group Preventing and managing work … Read More
Engaging Today’s Workforce: Coordinating Paid FML
Best Practices for Coordinating Paid Family & Medical Leave By Phil Bruen, VP Life & Disability, Group Benefits MetLife Paid family and medical leave (PFML) continues to evolve across states … Read More
Employer Solutions: Returning to Work on Modified Duty
Returning to Work on Modified Duty: How Far Should an Employer Bend? By Dr. Michael Lacroix Medical Director The Hartford How far should an employer bend to help employees return … Read More
FMLA Second and Third Opinions: Certification Validity
If an Employer Has “A Reason to Doubt the Validity” of an Employee’s FMLA Certification By Gail I. Cohen, JD Director, Employment Law & Compliance Matrix Absence Management Welcome to … Read More
The Disabled Workforce: The Friday-Monday Leave Act
FMLA, or the Friday-Monday Leave Act By Rachel Shaw, JD CEO and Principal Shaw HR Consulting While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was created for a noble and … Read More
Absence Minded: Workplace Harassment
Workplace Harassment: It Can Happen to Anyone, So What Should Employers Do? By Marie J. Killian, JD Principal Absence, Productivity, and HR Consulting With the snowballing of the #MeToo movement, … Read More
Technology and Absence Management: Consistency
Using Technology to Strengthen Consistency in Absence Management By Geoffrey Simpson Director of Sales & Marketing Presagia A consistent and timely approach is crucial for complying with the Family and … Read More
Disability in the Workplace: The ADA
ADA Requires Training, Process, Documentation By Marjory Robertson, JD AVP, Senior Counsel Sun Life Financial By Abigail O’Connell, JD Senior Counsel Sun Life Financial Employers risk litigation under the Americans … Read More
Mental Health At Work: Accommodations and Leaves
Accommodations and Leaves for Mental Illness By Jenny Haykin, MA, CRC Integrated Leaves & Accommodations Program Manager Puget Sound Energy Although the stigma of mental illness is declining with greater … Read More
Aligning Workers’ Compensation: ADA in the WC World
ADA in the WC World: Lost in Translation? By Gary Anderberg, PhD SVP Claim Analytics Gallagher Bassett Do your colleagues across the hall in risk management speak fluent ADA (Americans … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Top Compliance Challenges
Top Compliance Challenges for 2019 By Terri L. Rhodes CCMP, CLMS, CPDM, MBA CEO, DMEC Managing the key requirements of ever-expanding state mandates is just one of many leave compliance … Read More
DMEC News: Board of Directors
Marcia Carruthers Passes the Chairperson Baton DMEC Co-founder and current Board of Directors’ Chairperson, Marcia Carruthers will be retiring in December 2019 and will be passing the Chairperson baton to … Read More
DMEC News: Supervisor Training
DMEC to Release New FMLA/ADA Supervisor Training According to the 2018 DMEC Employer Leave Management Survey, training supervisors and managers ranks as the top challenge for employers of all sizes … Read More
Compliance Memos: March 2019
Immediate Accommodation Not Required: 6th Circuit In Brumley v. United Parcel Service, the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that an “employer’s refusal to provide an accommodation to the … Read More