Absence management is defined as the way employers plan, track, and manage employee leaves. It requires employers to stay up to date with all staff requirements, legal and regulatory compliance, budget concerns, and employee satisfaction. If keeping up with these requirements is a challenge, you can put our 60 years of experience helping businesses manage leave and disability to work for you.
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Absence management refers to the ways that employers plan, track, and handle different types of employee leaves.
Absence management - and compliance - covers the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), jury duty, company leaves, short- and long-term disability, Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
FMLA is a federal law that provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per calendar year for the care of a family member, or their own serious health condition.
PFML laws set the standards for managing employee work absences in states where they apply. Our PFML Resource Center helps you navigate PFML laws by providing a state-by-state overview of programs and resources.
Many absences could be due to an employee’s own health issue. Centralizing disability with FMLA and other leave types can be a best practice to help ease administration, enhance the employee experience, and improve productivity.
Broadly speaking, managing leave and absence can be done in much the same way that HR and businesses leaders approach other operational challenges:
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Absence management services and solutions help employers plan, track, and handle employee leaves while complying with federal and state leave laws. System capabilities can include administration, employee communications, claims management, return-to-work support, and reporting.
Guardian Absence SolutionsSM provides a powerful technology platform with an intuitive, integrated user experience to drastically simplify administration, ensure compliance with Federal and state regulations, and help drive improved back-to-work outcomes from disability.
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