Paid Sick Leave Conflicts: Litigation vs. Ballot Box In addition to a fragmented map of municipal, county, and state paid sick leave (PSL) laws, employers now face zombie PSL laws … Read More
July 2018: Electronic PDF
July 2018 Integrated Absence Management The use of data analytics has the ability to drive fundamental change in your integrated absence management programs; however, it needs to be infused in … Read More
Impact of Employer Size on Absence and Disability
Impact of Employer Size on Absence and Disability By Eric Lake North America Sales Executive ClaimVantage Employers are increasingly concerned about Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and short-term disability … Read More
Cosourcing: The Right Vendor Partnership Increases Employer Flexibility
Cosourcing: The Right Vendor Partnership Increases Employer Flexibility Employers often face a leave management conflict when considering outsourcing: the complexities make outsourcing attractive, but employers can’t outsource legal responsibility for … Read More
Program Showcase: Vendor Selection
14 Questions to Help You Find the Right Absence Management Partner By Sonja R. Teague, CPDM, ARM, AIC Practice Leader ESIS Integrated Disability Management A decade ago, there were approximately … Read More
RTW Case Study: Impact of Employer Size
Impact of Employer Size on STD Claims for Mental and Musculoskeletal Conditions By Michael Klachefsky Consultant ClaimVantage To more deeply explore the analysis around employer size provided in the feature … Read More
Absence Matters: Healthy Conversations
We Need Healthy Conversations Between Risk, Disability, and LOA Professionals By Bryon Bass SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Sedgwick Integrated programs encompassing workers’ compensation, disability management, and leave … Read More
Compliance Makeover: Developing Data Intelligence
When Small Data Informs Big Data: STD Progression to LTD By Fraser Gaspar, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist MDGuidelines We have all seen claims that ended up with unexpectedly poor return-to-work (RTW) … Read More
Work/Life Squeeze: Title VII Family Responsibility Discrimination
Title VII Family Responsibility Discrimination By Marti Cardi, JD VP Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides employment protections against discrimination on … Read More
Integrated Absence Management: Cancer and Disability
Cancer and Disability: Making the Transition from Successful Treatment to RTW By Glenn Pransky, MD Scientific Advisor Lincoln Financial Group By Paul Barker, MD Regional Medical Officer Lincoln Financial Group … Read More
Engaging Today’s Workforce: Flexible, Enhanced Leave and Disability Programs
Providing Flexible, Enhanced Leave and Disability Programs in an Era of Automation By Bradd Chignoli, MBA SVP, Head of National Accounts MetLife While automation has long impacted industries such as … Read More
The Disabled Workforce: Psychological Disabilities, the ADA, and the Stressed-Out Worker
Psychological Disabilities, the ADA, and the Stressed-Out Worker: Part 2 By Rachel Shaw, JD CEO and Principal Shaw HR Consulting One in four American adults experiences mental health problems in … Read More
Innovations Enhance Outcomes: Total Employee Health
Integrated Absence Management: The Employer’s Role in Total Employee Health By Adam Seidner, MD, MPH, CIC Chief Medical Officer The Hartford Integrated absence management is more than just a process … Read More
Accommodations Best Practice Guide: Early Return to Work
Early Return to Work: Walking the Walk By Roberta Etcheverry, CPDM CEO Diversified Management Group Based on first-hand experience and feedback from other industry professionals, we know absenteeism results in … Read More
Riding the Demographic Wave: “Xennials” and the Gig Worker Movement
“Xennials” and the Gig Worker Movement By Matthew Bahl, JD Director, Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group Insurance By Kristin Tugman, PhD Vice President, Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group … Read More
6 Pillars of Leave Management: Peripheral Vision
The Importance of Peripheral Vision in Absence Management By Geoffrey Simpson Director of Sales & Marketing Presagia One core concept encapsulates our organization’s entire theory about absence management compliance: peripheral … Read More
Aligning Workers’ Compensation: WC Indemnity Claims & LTD
Aligning WC Indemnity Claims with LTD By Gary Anderberg, PhD SVP Claim Analytics Gallagher Bassett Although we often think of workers’ compensation (WC) and nonoccupational disability as separately managed programs, … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Knowing the Numbers
Knowing the Numbers By Terri L. Rhodes, CLMS, CCMP, CPDM, MBA CEO DMEC With the theme of integrated absence management (IAM), it’s no accident that data is at the heart … Read More
DMEC News: July 2018
2018 DMEC Compliance Conference Highlights the Future of Leave Compliance In May, DMEC held our annual FMLA/ADA Employer Compliance Conference. As always, it was an informative and fun opportunity to … Read More
Compliance Memos: July 2018
Paid Sick Leave Laws Advancing in More States in 2018 This year is the most active yet for implementation of state paid sick leave (PSL) laws, including: Washington (January), Maryland … Read More