Absence Matters: Beyond Parental Leave
Are employers doing enough to support new parents if all they do is offer paid parental leave?
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Compliance Showcase: Can Employer Leave Policies and CBAs Coexist?
While challenging to manage leaves for an organization with a union and a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), employers that navigate policy elements can not only reach agreements, they can build relationships and achieve success.
Employer Showcase: Are Your Employees Neurodiverse or Neurodivergent?
The word neurodiverse is sometimes used interchangeably with neurodivergent, which describes a way of thinking or cognitively processing information that is different from most people. And that difference can cause workplace challenges that affect productivity, performance, and interpersonal interactions.
Data Proves Correlation Between Depression and Anxiety and Disability
Depression or anxiety is a risk factor for a new disability, and disability is a substantial risk factor for a new disability. This might be news to employers that could save time and money by intervening differently.
How Can Employers Support Workers with PTSD?
Employers can help change the dynamic for team members with post-traumatic stress disorder to help them stay at work, return to work as soon as possible when a leave of absence is needed. Education and training are key to success to support employees and know when this and other mental health issues should be considered workers’ compensation claims.
The CEO’s Desk: Where’s Your Moxie?
There are myriad reasons to adopt an integrated disability and absence management (IDAM) approach — from streamlining efficiencies to minimizing risks, and helping employees stay at work and return to work (RTW) more quickly. There’s also a bottom-line motivation, a liability for not doing it, and a cultural component that should get more attention than it does. So why isn’t it more common?
The Art and Science of Employer Compliance
While tracking and managing hundreds of laws that regulate integrated disability and absence management (IDAM) is essential for employer compliance, implementation is where magic can happen. It is also where liability can lurk, which is one reason why hundreds of IDAM professionals gather annually at DMEC compliance conferences to enhance their understanding of these laws and find effective solutions.
DMEC News: April/May 2024
Don’t miss a resource or a newly-released DMEC product or service! This issue includes information regarding the upcoming 2024 DMEC Virtual Compliance Conference, a new member resource — Paid Sick Leave Updates and the launch of the Oregon State Leave Laws Microcredential, and more.
The Disabled Workforce: Interactive Process, Stress, and Mental Health
How do disability compliance managers handle an influx of medical notes that indicate an employee’s need to reduce stress in the workplace?
Common Sense Compliance: Mental Health-Related Court Cases a Warning for Employers
Employers are encouraged to invest in manager and supervisor training to avoid legal vulnerability with mental health-related accommodation requests.
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