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Now more than ever, effective employee leave management is critical to companies of all sizes. Whether you are just starting to have conversations with clients around absence management or have been guiding clients for some time, we can help.
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Trends you need to know
Employers need to adapt to a changing benefits landscape. You can help support your clients by better understanding the regulatory environment, the diverse needs of a diverse workforce and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted leave management.
Five employee leave trends
More than 75% of employers have made temporary or permanent policy changes due to COVID-19. This is just one of five major ways we’ve learned that employers are adapting to a changing employee leave environment.
Accelerating state paid leave laws
Absence Management Index & Study
Outsourcing drives better outcomes
Impact of COVID-19 on managing leave
Webinar: Absence Management Redefined
2021 Guardian Absence Management Index & Study
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Better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on absence management practices.
The impact of COVID-19 on managing leave
COVID-19 will have a lasting impact on leave policy changes as employers look at ways to better help their employees take leave when they need it.
More states are adopting paid leave laws that go well beyond the FMLA in terms of supplementing income and who is covered, creating more leave complexities – especially for employers with workers in multiple states.
Outsourcing absence management helps employers address common challenges, such as coordinating leave types, ensuring leave law compliance, and alleviating the administrative burden on HR staffs.
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How are your clients managing absences today?
Tools for clients new to outsourcing absence management
FML ROI calculator
3 Reasons to outsource
Cost of FMLA Mismanagement
5 best practices for success
Absence Management Scorecard
Family and Medical Leave ROI Calculator
Use our Family and Medical Leave (FML) ROI Calculator to show clients how much time and money they could save by outsourcing absence management.
Cost of FMLA mismanagement
Most employers using in-house resources to administer FMLA say they are comfortable with their approach. But our research finds that many employers day-to-day practices are noncompliant with federal regulations, and may be putting their organizations at risk.
3 reasons to outsource absence management
Today, more employers of all sizes are turning to external resources to help manage employee absences. See the reasons why.
Family and Medical Leave Act Quiz
Assess your knowledge of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) fundamentals, then encourage your clients to do the same. Those who take Guardian’s FMLA Quiz come away with a better understanding of FMLA basics, helping to uncover knowledge gaps and start more productive leave management discussions.
Use this tool to help your clients compare their leave management efforts against similar companies and uncover opportunities to maximize program effectiveness.
5 best practices for absence management success
Our proprietary research has shown time and time again that these key activities drive positive absence management outcomes.
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FML ROI Calculator
Tools for clients already outsourcing absence management
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Introducing Guardian Absence Solutions
Complete solutions providing a guided absence management experience that supports optimal return-to-work outcomes, protecting employers by taking complexity and compliance head on. Now available to employers with 50+ employees.
Our solutions
With ever-changing leave laws and the diverse needs and wants of employees, employee absence can be very difficult to see clearly. Until now, that is.
A seamless claims experience
Employee leave can be a handful to coordinate and manage. Here’s how we help make things easier for your clients and their employees who may already be facing difficult times.
Program overview
This highlight sheet gives you the talking points you need to explain how Guardian Absence Solutions provides value to employers and employees.
You can’t fix what you can’t see. Especially when it comes to workplace absence.
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Unless otherwise noted, the source of all information is the 2021 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index & Study. Guardian® is a registered trademark and Guardian Absence Solutions is a service mark of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. © Copyright 2021 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 2021-128700 (10/23)
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