The Benefits to a Strong Return-to-Work Policy
Employers that take the time to identify the unique needs of diverse employee populations can ensure equitable and inclusive benefit programs — a strategic imperative for success.
Tag Compliance Showcase
Aligning State Mandates and Company Benefits for Equitable Employee Leaves
When assessing company benefits to bridge state differences in paid time off for employees, employers must consider how state requirements affect company leave policies.
Compliance Showcase: Compassionate Tools for Engagement Needed
In addition to fielding more accommodation requests that are increasingly complex, integrated absence management teams are reporting increased emotional intensity from employees. University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics is tapping new resources to help team members refuel.
Compliance Showcase: Performance Management and Disability
Managing performance issues at work can be challenging, and many managers say it can be an emotional or painful process. It gets more difficult when an employee states the performance deficiencies are due to a disability. Frustration on the part of the supervisor often ensues. Sometimes when an employee makes this claim, a supervisor immediately sees the missing link with what has been occurring with the employee at work. But other times, the claim may sound like an excuse to shield the employee from being held accountable.
Compliance Showcase: The Changing Paid Leave Landscape
As states pass more paid statutory leaves and voters across the country approve paid family and medical leave programs, employers have many options for designing leave benefits to ensure employees have the coverage they need. The question is what to do where.
Compliance Showcase: Legalized Marijuana in the Workplace
In the last decade, there has been a proliferation of state and local laws legalizing the medical and recreational use of marijuana. While marijuana currently remains illegal under federal law, most states have legalized its use in some manner, presenting a host of practical problems for companies. Employers must be familiar with the marijuana laws of the states and cities in which they operate to avoid potential legal claims.
Compliance Showcase: Military Leave Trends and Considerations
Even though USERRA has been the law for more than a quarter century, employers and employees still struggle with its nuances. What types of service are covered? How much work can an employee miss due to military service? An early 2021 amendment to USERRA further muddied the waters, as did a handful of recent court cases regarding pay during military leave.
