March 2017 Employment Programs Compliance The landscape of leave management continues to change and become increasingly complex. Although several regulations such as the FMLA and ADA have been in place … Read More
Integrated Absence Management: State and Federal Employment Laws
Demystifying the Linkage of Federal and State Employment Laws By Lais Washington, JD Director of Compliance Liberty Mutual Group Insurance Workplace injuries often trigger state workers’ compensation laws. However, on-the-job … Read More
Ask the Accommodation Experts: Re-setting Employee Expectations
How to Re-set Employee Expectations When Healthcare Providers Step Outside Their Role By Jenny Haykin, MA Integrated Leaves & Accommodations Puget Sound Energy By Tom Sproger, MS Ergonomics Consultant Solutions … Read More
Untangling the ADA, FMLA, WC Web: Workplace Policies
Best Practice #1: Review Workplace Policies to Ensure Flexibility By Matthew Bahl, JD Dir. Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group Insurance By Kristin Tugman, PhD VP Health & Productivity Analytics … Read More
Overcoming the Disability Epidemic: Behavioral Job Duties
A Practical Approach to Behavioral Job Duties By Les Kertay, PhD, ABPP, LP Chief Medical Officer R3 Continuum “Job demands” are a critical but often overlooked aspect of managing compliance … Read More
Expand Your Toolkit: Accessible Design and Assistive Technologies
Accessible Design and Assistive Technologies For ADA & Recruiting and Retention Accessible website design and assistive technologies are giving employers two powerful new avenues to comply with the Americans with … Read More
Technology Opens New Leave Management Program Options
By Karen English Partner Spring Consulting Group As leave law complexity continues to increase, the interaction of all these laws has also become more involved. We have federal, state, and … Read More
Wrestling with ADA, FMLA, and Overtime: Overtime Avoidance
When Overtime Avoidance Creates Employer Conflicts with ADA and FMLA By Marti Cardi, JD VP Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management Overtime is an ever-increasing fact of today’s business model for … Read More
Ask the Accommodation Experts: Job Reassignment Strategies
Job Reassignment Strategies By Jenny Haykin, MA Integrated Leaves & Accommodations Puget Sound Energy By Tom Sproger, MS Ergonomics Consultant Solutions Northwest Inc. In this new column series, Jenny Haykin, … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Technology’s Two-Edged Sword
By Terri Rhodes, MBA, CPDM, CCMP CEO DMEC Happy new year and welcome to the new January issue of DMEC @Work magazine! With the addition of this new issue, you … Read More
Compliance Makeover: ADA Psychological Accommodations
Accommodating Psychological Conditions under the ADA By Dr. Michael Lacroix Associate Medical Director Aetna Disability We hear an awful lot of anguish from employers about complying with the requirements of … Read More
Straight Talk About Absence Management: Managing Millennial Absences
By Skip Simonds Managing Principal Simonds & Associates Millennials. The workforce of today and tomorrow. They aren’t like your father. A lot has been written about how differently Millennials behave … Read More
Compliance Makeover: Wellness Comparison – ACA, ADA, and GINA
Workplace Wellness — A Regulatory Alphabet Soup! Rhonda Toole, VP Health Promotion and Wellness Cigna Kari Stevens, JD Managing Counsel Cigna If you’re a regular reader of @Work, we don’t … Read More
Employee Engagement During SAW & RTW: Obtaining Medical Information for Leave Alternatives under the ADA
By Marti Cardi, JD VP Product Compliance Matrix Absence Management Accommodations can often be an effective alternative to or can shorten a leave of absence from work. When employers engage … 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
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
The CEO’s Desk: An Invitation to Workers’ Compensation Professionals
By Terri Rhodes, MBA, CPDM, CCMP CEO DMEC The growth of disability accommodation is moving integrated absence management (IAM) professionals to reach out again to our peers in the workers’ … Read More
Compliance Memos: July 2016
EEOC Targets Employer Roadblocks to Disability Leave The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in May announced it is monitoring a “troubling trend” that employer disability programs are driving employment policies … Read More