By David Glickman CEO Presagia The security and privacy of email has improved over the years. But even today, unless you are emailing someone within your own organization, most emails … Read More
Veteran Intel: Leveraging Veteran Programs to Enhance Your Workforce
By Phil Bruen VP, Group Life and Disability Products MetLife Among more than 21 million military veterans in the United States, approximately 2.1 million have served in Iraq and Afghanistan … Read More
Empowering Disability: Transitional Work Arrangements Change Employer Attitudes on Disability and Injury
By John Yent, MA, ABDA, CPWIC Senior Job Replacement Consultant Allsup Employment Services, Inc. Until recent years, employers have operated under the assumption that an ill or disabled employee was … Read More
Overcoming the Disability Epidemic: Human Resilience Is the Key to Better Workplace Outcomes
By Les Kertay, PhD, ABPP, LP Chief Medical Officer R3 Continuum By far, the majority of workplace absences result in return to work (RTW), a fact sometimes obscured by those … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: A Wide-Angle Lens for Success
By Terri Rhodes, MBA, CPDM, CCMP CEO DMEC To see the bigger picture and understand the total cost of absence, employers need a wide-angle lens to find the best strategies … Read More
DMEC News: September 2016
Annual Conference Unveils the Future of Integrated Absence Management The 2016 DMEC Annual Conference launched a new generation of integrated absence management (IAM) professionals. At the start of the conference, … Read More
Compliance Memos: September 2016
Proliferating Local Paid Sick Leave, Other Protections Chicago requires employers to provide paid sick leave to employees effective July 1, 2017. One leave hour is accrued per 40 hours worked, … Read More
July 2016: Electronic PDF
July 2016 Integrated Absence Management The complex and rapidly-changing landscape of absence and disability management presents unique opportunities, but it can also be daunting. The July issue of @Work magazine … Read More
RTW Challenges with Statutory Disability Benefits
By Katie Zayed, CPDM Leave Manager McMaster-Carr State-mandated disability plans provide partial wage benefits for employees who are off work due to a non-occupational disability. They are regulated and overseen … Read More
Medical Marijuana Erodes “Zero Tolerance” Federal Drug Policy
The medical marijuana movement is beginning to drive public policy in ways that may erode the federal “zero tolerance” policy against marijuana in the workplace. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) … Read More
Program Showcase: Job Analysis Tool Supports Accommodation
Defending Job Analyses in ADA and Section 503 Cases Clear, legally valid job descriptions including “essential job functions” are incredibly useful for many key functions in hiring and return-to-work (RTW) … Read More
RTW Case Study: Litigated FMLA claims
Employee Performance Issues and Employer FMLA Compliance By Lais Washington, JD Compliance Consultant for Leave Services and Accommodation Services Liberty Mutual Insurance There are times in an employee’s life when … Read More
Compliance Makeover: Systematic Compliance Review of IAM Programs
Aligning IAM Programs to Comply with FMLA and ADA By Jaclyn Kugell, JD Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP As the world of unpaid, job-protected leave laws continues to grow, employers … Read More
Employee Engagement During SAW & RTW: Enabling the Employee to Continue Work
By Marti Cardi, JD VP Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management Studies show that the longer employees are off work due to a disability, the less likely they are to return … Read More
Advocating Care & Compliance: Complying with the Complexities of the ADA/ADAAA – Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation
By Sharon Andrus Director National Technical Compliance Sedgwick Just over 18 years after enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the law was amended by the ADA … Read More
Employee Well-Being: Financial Wellness – Employers Play a Role
By Kristin Tugman, PhD, CRC, LPC VP Health and Productivity Analytics & Consulting Practice, Group Insurance Prudential Financial wellness is top of mind for employers because they recognize the important … Read More
Electronic Security & Privacy: Privacy and Information Exchange
By David Glickman CEO Presagia In this issue, we’ll review the legal framework around the sharing of medical information. This is one of the most challenging and confusing issues in … Read More
Employee Financial Fitness: Employee Financial Well-Being – The Right Solutions Can Impact Productivity
By Phil Bruen VP Group Life and Disability Products MetLife Is your productivity suffering due to financially stressed employees? Fifty-nine percent of employers strongly agree that employees are less productive … Read More
Empowering Disability: The Long View – Integrating Disability Support and Return-to-Work Services Is the Future
By Jim Allsup CEO and Founder Allsup Inc. and Allsup Employment Services, Inc. The growing costs of chronic illness, disability, and workforce absence are creating tremendous pressure on the Social … Read More
Overcoming the Disability Epidemic: Build Psychosocial Interventions into IAM Programs to Improve RTW Outcomes
By Les Kertay, PhD, ABPP, LP Chief Medical Officer Behavioral Medical Interventions More and more we accept that the main drivers of workplace absence duration are psychosocial factors that aren’t … Read More