Potential Synergies: Wellness, Workers’ Compensation, and Disability Programs By Gary Anderberg, PhD SVP Claim Analytics Gallagher Basset Multiple studies show that obesity and other common chronic comorbid conditions drive up … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Getting Real About Wellness Programs
Getting Real About Wellness Programs By Terri L. Rhodes CCMP, CLMS, CPDM, MBA CEO, DMEC About 75% of HR professionals said that their organizations offered some type of a wellness … Read More
DMEC News: November 2018
New DMEC Education Model Takes Shape In 2017, DMEC announced its transition from local chapters to a new education model. With a goal of extending the reach of our education … Read More
Compliance Memos: November 2018
FMLA Leave for Chronic Conditions Requires Ongoing Care Employers often assume an employee is receiving medical care and seldom review the frequency of physician visits when granting Family and Medical … Read More
September 2018: Electronic PDF
September 2018 Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008 established a new work environment, enabling more persons … Read More
2017 Leave Management Survey: Responses to Expanding Mandates
2017 Leave Management Survey: Responses to Expanding Compliance Mandates The 2017 DMEC Employer Leave Management Survey white paper, available to members on the DMEC website, provides a deep review of … Read More
Filling in the Gaps with Leave Management Technology
Filling in the Gaps with Leave Management Technology By Angie Brown Business Development Manager ClaimVantage Technology does not eliminate human error, but it can erect barriers to our impulses to … Read More
Program Showcase: Job Descriptions
Building Your Foundation: The ADA and Job Descriptions By Margaret Walsh, MS, CRC, CDMS, CCM RTW Consultant The Hartford Almost a decade has passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act … Read More
RTW Case Study: Interaction with the ADAAA
Make RTW and Stay-at-Work Support the Cornerstone of Your ADAAA Strategy By Brian Kost, MA Sr. Director Workplace Possibilities The Standard Litigation against employers filed under the Americans with Disabilities … Read More
Work/Life Squeeze: Federal and State Pregnancy Protections
Federal and State Pregnancy Protections: The Ultimate Caregiver By Marti Cardi, JD VP Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management Your pregnant employees face significant caregiver demands that can affect their engagement … Read More
Integrated Absence Management: The ADA and RTW
The ADA and RTW: Success Through Partnership By Glenn Pransky, MD Scientific Advisor Lincoln Financial Group By Paula Aznavoorian-Barry Accommodation Services Manager Lincoln Financial Group The Americans with Disabilities Act … Read More
Absence Matters: Managing an Aging Workforce
Insightful Strategies for Managing and Accommodating an Aging Workforce By Bryon Bass SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Sedgwick Advances in public health and medicine are enabling Americans to … Read More
Engaging Today’s Workforce: Paid Family Leave
Supporting Employees on Paid Family Leave By Phil Bruen, VP Group Life and Disability Products MetLife While a handful of states now mandate paid leave be offered by private employers, … Read More
The Disabled Workforce: When Disability and Discipline Meet
Crossroads: When Disability And Discipline Meet By Rachel Shaw, JD CEO and Principal Shaw HR Consulting When employees link performance issues to a claimed disability whether at the start of … Read More
Accommodations Best Practice Guide: What Is Reasonable?
What Is a “Reasonable” Accommodation? By Roberta Etcheverry, CPDM CEO Diversified Management Group When employers consider accommodations for disabled employees, their first question for us is usually “what is and … Read More
Riding the Demographic Wave: Millennials and Mental Health
Millennials and Mental Health By Matthew Bahl, JD Director, Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group Insurance By Kristin Tugman, PhD Vice President, Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group Insurance Millennials … Read More
6 Pillars of Leave Management: ADA Interactive Process
Workflow for the ADA Interactive Process By Geoffrey Simpson Director of Sales & Marketing Presagia Understanding how to accommodate employees properly under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the … Read More
Aligning Workers’ Compensation: Coordinating ADAAA Compliance
Coordinating ADAAA Compliance for All RTW and Workplace Accommodations By Gary Anderberg, PhD SVP Claim Analytics Gallagher Bassett The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) applies equally to all … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Respond, Interact, Manage & Document
Handling Accommodation Requests: Respond, Interact, Manage & Document By Terri L. Rhodes, CLMS, CCMP, CPDM, MBA CEO DMEC Welcome to Autumn! The temperatures are cooling, kids are back in school, … Read More
DMEC News: September 2018
2018 DMEC Annual Conference: A Larger IAM Toolbox for Workplace Diversity The 2018 DMEC Annual Conference explored new ideas and the larger toolbox that integrated absence management (IAM) professionals are … Read More