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RTW Showcase: Leave Pain Points and Employer Solutions

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Managing employee leave can be complex due to various leave options available or required by local, state, and federal laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and employer-sponsored leave programs. Employers are experiencing common issues, which can help guide future solutions.

Employer Perspective: Avoiding the Rabbit Hole

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The COVID-19 pandemic taught the County of Orange team a lot about how to support employees and avoid the rabbit hole of dark possibilities when it comes to disability management precautionary practices. For human resources and disability management professionals who seek to balance employee demands with employer requirements for service or product delivery, the pandemic reaffirmed the need to communicate and follow established accommodation processes.

Does Telework Affect Workplace Absences and Employee Well-Being?

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While the evolution of work has been constant, COVID-19 was a significant catalyst in making the traditional office model more flexible. As company executives debate whether they should offer hybrid or remote options, data shows a mixed picture of how telework affects employee health and wellness and does confirm that work-from-home options save everyone money.

5 Things Employers Need to Know About Accommodating Long COVID

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Realizing that effective accommodations exist for virtually all limitations and restrictions and that accommodating a worker may have a positive return on investment and allow employers to avoid financial liabilities are invaluable insights for every organization looking to maximize workforce effectiveness. Long COVID, like all business challenges, presents an opportunity to organizations that address it directly and act to support their employees’ health and wellness.

The CEO’s Desk: ADA Compliance 101

The work we do is personal. It’s meaningful, and it’s fraught with nuances and liabilities, especially when we talk about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). And since most employers manage ADA claims internally and track them manually, how do we steer clear of legal quagmires? One way is taking an individualized approach.

Effective DEI Program Strategies to Support Employees

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The diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy is a critical extension of Sedgwick’s commitment to environmental, social, and governance initiatives. Creating and supporting employee resource groups or colleague resource groups — as they’re known at Sedgwick — is also a way to achieve the organization’s caring counts philosophy that everyone deserves to be welcomed, valued, respected, and heard

It’s Time to Reconsider Your Policy for Marijuana Testing

So much in the world of absence management has changed, including an employer’s right to test employees for marijuana. Ten years ago, we could all rely on zero tolerance and drug testing policies when it came to what we tested for and when, particularly with regard to pre-employment testing. That is no longer the case as most states allow some type of marijuana use.

DMEC News: July 2022

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Get updates on the 2022 DMEC Virtual Annual Conference, the Absence Plan Design and Practices Benchmarking Survey, the latest microcredential course focused on Connecticut leave laws, workplace accommodation pulse survey results, and more.

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