Welcome, ACCOMMODATION AND LEAVE Management professionals
DMEC provides focused education, knowledge, and networking for leave and accommodation management professionals. Our community spans hundreds of employer and supplier organizations and more than 20,000 practitioners across the U.S. and Canada—delivering the insights, tools, and peer connections you need to navigate accommodation and leave administration, compliance, and stay-at-work/return-to-work complexities with confidence.
Advancing WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATION AND LEAVE management
Upcoming events
- 2026 Regional Compliance Webinar: Midwest Region Update Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM ET
- 2026 Regional Compliance Webinar: Northeast Region Update Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026 | 12:00 PM ET
- 2026 Tools & Tactics Webinar: An Update to Paid Family and Medical Leave Laws in 2026 Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM ET
Latest news & resources
RESOURCES & LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
2026 DMEC Salary Survey
The 2026 DMEC Salary Survey gives you current compensation data from 592 professionals across employer organizations, carriers, consultants, and the public sector.
Maryland FAMLI Employer Registration Opens
Washington Adopts Amendments to Paid Family and Medical Leave Regulations
Articles & Podcasts
Abhishek A. wins the 2026 Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award
Abhishek A. is this year’s recipient of the Kaleta-Carruthers Innovation Award, recognized for his work transforming leave pay accuracy at Amazon.
How to Support Neurodivergence: An Employer Perspective
There are many actions employers can take to support their neurodivergent employees. Gaining an understanding of both neurodiversity and neurodivergence is the first step toward learning how to support them.
The best return-to-work strategy may be preventing unnecessary leave in the first place
For years, return-to-work programs have focused on one central question: how do we help employees come back safely after an illness or injury? A growing body of evidence is pushing…
Delaware, Maine, and Minnesota just launched paid family and medical leave. More states are coming. Is your program ready?
Paid family and medical leave (PFML) used to mean one or two states. Today it means 16 jurisdictions, each running its own program on its own timeline. Delaware, Maine, and…
QUICK LINKS
The DMEC Learning Center serves as an online hub for completing the Certified Leave Management Specialist program and viewing webinar archives.
Network with fellow DMEC members and other industry peers, ask questions or seek feedback, share your knowledge, and helpful find resources.
Support your absence plan design and practices needs with self-service benchmarking dashboards that have insights from over 1,100 companies.
