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OSHA reporting requirement deadline extended to Dec. 15
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Leave law bulletin - September 15, 2017
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Leave law bulletin - August 17, 2017
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Summary of leave law bulletins (U.S., Canada, ADA) - June, Q2 2017
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OSHA’s new electronic reporting requirement
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Unique leave of absence programs: Competitive advantages or complex challenges?
RESPONDING TO A CHANGING WORKFORCE For many workers, especially millennials, workplace flexibility and family-friendly benefits are no longer just a preference; they are an expectation.1 When job candidates for key positions are in short supply, offe…
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Edging up: Short takes on emerging industry issues
Proposed changes to ERISA disability claim procedures regulation: Preview and prepare BY STEPHANIE SIMPSONSVP, Disability and Absence Management Practice, Sedgwick On November 18, 2015, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S.…
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Sedgwick forecasts 16 industry trends to watch in 2016
As we move into the new year, I am excited about all the great things I believe will happen in our industry. Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do at Sedgwick – from ensuring injured and ill workers have access to the right heal…
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Preventing workplace assaults in healthcare
OSHA offers suggestions for preventing workplace assaults in healthcare settings. (image courtesy of OSHA.gov) Despite several unfortunate and tragic instances in the news recently, workplace violence rates as a whole have been declining. Accordin…
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Advocacy: Secrets to employee re-engagement
This expanded approach involves being an advocate for the employee by listening, communicating, providing information and proper medical care, explaining how this complicated process works – and being there to assist them at every turn. From the time…
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Complying with the complexities of the ADA/ADAAA: A top priority for HR leaders
Just over 18 years after the ADA was enacted, the law was amended with the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) that was effective on January 1, 2009. The ADAAA retained the ADA definition of disability, but it expanded the interpretati…
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Maintaining ADA/ADAAA compliance when leave is involved
This blog article has been republished as originally run in Human Resource Executive magazine’s November 2015 issue As we talk with employers around the country, we hear many similar concerns. “Managing leave as an accommodation has become challengi…
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Enterprise risk management: Breaking down barriers for real-life application
Healthcare risk managers have the opportunity to engage leaders from across their organizations to think more broadly about maximizing value protection and managing risk that comes with uncertainty through the application of an enterprise risk mana…
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Does your family and medical leave policy need a domestic partner re-evaluation?
It’s that time when human resources professionals and legal counsel review employment policies for the upcoming year, and this year there are new challenges impacting family and medical leave. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. …
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Expert view
Edge:What is Sedgwick working on right now that will have an impact on our customers in the near future? Darryl: We have started to roll out mobile technology from a disability and absence perspective using responsive design, so all of the features a…