Reframing employers’ ideas (and assumptions) about loneliness could save them $1.54 billion annually and enhance employee experience in myriad ways. Learn how during this episode with Wendy Coduti, PhD, Regional Director of Health and Productivity Analytics and Consulting Practice for Prudential Group Insurance; and LaToya Rodriguez, MS, CRC, Regional Director of Health and Productivity Analytics and Consulting Practice for Prudential Group Insurance. Resources: The Organizational Effect of Loneliness: Reasons Why Workplace Connection Should be Part of Absence Management Strategies A

Get details on how you can identify (and fill gaps) in disability and absence management from Deborah LaBonar, PhD, DMEC director of benchmarking and research. In addition to providing context for why benchmarking tools created by and for disability and absence management professionals are valuable, you’ll get details on how measuring something against a standard helps employers of all sizes and industries, and ways you can use different comparators for different business units within your organization! Resources: Read the latest

Learn how the 2024 DMEC Emerging Leader Award winner is helping employees return to work while providing them with access to resources that help them learn new skills and expand their horizons. Hear about the creative approaches Tamisha Waters, senior personnel analyst I for the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, has taken and her dedication to finding mutually beneficial solutions to leave management challenges! More resources: Read more about the inaugural DMEC Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award and

Krystle Barnes-Iwediebo, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, director of disability and absence management for New York-Presbyterian Hospital, redesigned processes to improve efficiencies, ensure a person-centered approach, and deliver an impressive return on investment. As the first winner of the DMEC Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award, Barnes-Iwediebo exemplifies leadership in integrated disability and absence management. Listen in to her story! More resources: Read more about the inaugural DMEC Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award and the 2024 DMEC Emerging Leader Award winner in the @Work magazine article Celebrating Leadership and

Where are you on the integrated disability and absence management continuum? Hear how that affects employee experience and an employer’s bottom line in this podcast episode with DMEC CEO Bryon E. Bass, CLMS. Read more about the Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award and see a video with DMEC’s first award winner Krystle Barnes-Iwediebo: https://dmec.org/awards/kaleta-carruthers-innovation-award/

What’s the secret sauce to helping employees return to work as quickly as possible and remain healthy? Confidence and appropriate mental health accommodations play a key role. Listen in to this discussion with Kerri Wizner, MPH, CPH, head of epidemiology, Alight MD Guidelines, and Keemia Vaghef, PhD, director of value engineering, Alight Leave Solutions, for details about a 4:1 return on investment with mental health supports and why it’s so important to engage and support managers in this process! Resources: