The Disabled Workforce: Compliance and Beyond
How can employers create environments where the goal is always to find a yes to accommodation requests? Reframe your approach!
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Featured Case: ADA and Navigating Impairments
What is the safest way for employers to respond to accommodation requests related to hearing impairment? These scenarios illustrate the importance of proceeding with caution.
Common Sense Compliance: The Key to Avoiding Lawsuits and Achieving a True Win
It is increasingly difficult to comply with a growing number of federal, state, and local leave laws especially since some apply to employers of certain sizes while others apply to employers of all sizes. Experts offer tips!
Employer Solutions: Compliance Through Collaboration and Creativity
Recent federal laws and regulations have expanded protections for pregnant and nursing employees. Taking a creative and collaborative approach during the interactive process can lead to effective accommodations and keep employers compliant!
Absence Matters: Are You Ready for an FMLA Audit?
Too often employers assume that they are immune from a Department of Labor (DOL) audit for practices related to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) because of size, location, or market segment. But the DOL has stepped up audits under the current administration,1 and complacency can be expensive.
Engaging Today’s Workforce: Navigating PFML Options
Employers that take the time to understand the latest changes in paid family and medical leave laws across the U.S. can help employees understand leave options when and if they need them.
Benchmarking: Ready to Benchmark?
Using industry data to ensure employer benefit offerings are competitive, compliant, and cost-effective can help employers in myriad ways. What is the most strategic approach?
The CEO’s Desk: A People-First Approach to Compliance
Do absence and disability managers have the superpower to sprinkle compassion into the compliance mix? In an industry governed by an intricate web of laws shaping our every move, the ability to forge meaningful connections with employees emerges as a pivotal factor with significant implications.
Reenvisioning Workforce Well-Being: Trends and Strategies for 2024
There is no way to stay abreast of myriad industry changes without a commitment to lifelong learning. And when you weigh the costs of prevention versus penalties, the choice is clear. To help employers stay one step ahead, DMEC has identified six trends to watch in 2024 based on collective intelligence, which we believe is more valuable than a crystal ball.
Family Leave Insurance: Integrating More Equity into Employer Paid Leaves
There are several new approaches to expanding employee access to paid family and medical leave, which leads more multistate employers to question how they can ensure equity across employee populations.
