Program areas at DMEC
The organization launched absence Management perspectives: a dmec podcast. The new resource, available on all podcast channels, features conversations with "the people behind the processess and offers insights and best practices on absence and Disability manangement trends and topics. The first season of the podcast featured 18 episodes with a variety of Employer, supplier, and dmec staff guests.
Dmec released four new resources for members including a manager's guide: behavioral health tips; an fmla best practices checklist; a hiring process accommodation requests flowchart; and a best practices checklist: leaves for domestic violence victims. These new resources were added to an exisitng library of 60+ sample forms and templates available to dmec members.
The organization expanded state & local leave laws resource. An ehnanced complimentary version of jackson lewis' leave and accommodation suite was released to easily indentify state and local leave laws, explore basic provisions of the law, access links to applicable websites, and compare leave laws across multiple states.
"in 2022, dmec released seven new micro-credential courses short, interactive online trainings that offer a digital badge and certificate upon completion including the fmla medical certification process, California state leave laws, Connecticut state leave laws, Massachusetts state leave laws, new jersey state leave laws, new york state leave laws, and Washington state leave laws."