Leave Technology: Leave and Accommodations Technology Budgeting
What’s the best way for leave and disability managers to advocate for a human resources solution so they gain the buy-in needed for the software they want and need?
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Featured Case: Undue Hardship Defense Under the ADA
Do you know what constitutes an undue hardship when an employee asks for an accommodation that falls under the Americans with Disabilities Act? Legal experts encourage employers to be careful in their evaluations and creative with suggested alternatives before using this defense.
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.
Engaging Today’s Workforce: Employee Health and Well-Being Support
Data shows that one in four employees is considering leaving their jobs because they are in toxic work environments, their jobs negatively affect their mental health, and they feel undervalued at work. How can employers turn this tide?
Program Showcase: A Strategic Opportunity for Cross-Functional Collaboration
As more employers recognize the link between employee health and the bottom line, they seek programs that prioritize safety, healthy work design, and injury and illness protection. This type of holistic approach to worker health can help employers identify and understand trends and deploy targeted interventions.
Common Sense Compliance: Beware of Compliance-Related Risks
As more employers embrace wellness programs, they must also be aware of compliance-related risks. Get a few commonsense suggestions for how employers can encourage employee health and wellness and avoid legal risk.
Integrated Absence Management: Diversity in Designing Health and Well-Being Benefits
Benefit offerings that address the diverse needs of the workforce support equity, inclusion, and belonging. How can employers recognize and incorporate diversity to tailor strategic benefit plans to the unique needs of diverse groups of employees?
Managing Leave in the Era of Burnout and Quiet Quitting
Employers are starting to see the impact of burnout in their leave and time-off programs. To manage absences, including requests for intermittent leaves, employers are encouraged to respond with flexibility and empathy through programs and policies, culture, and more.
Absence Matters: Prevention to Manage Manager Wellness
How can employers assess environmental issues that affect managers’ health and design a culture where managers are expected to take time off? Could encouraging leaders to model a new way of working that protects physical as well as mental health be the first step?
Featured Case: Repeated Extension Requests
You have a long-term employee who is a high-performer with impeccable attendance. On June 6, he was in a car accident and sustained serious injuries. He provided a doctor’s letter with a request for six weeks of leave with a return-to-work date of July 18.
On July 16, the employee provides another doctor’s note requesting an additional six-week extension due to his medical condition. This pattern continues for more than 10 months. He exhausts federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and state-mandated leave, and still has not returned to work.
