New York Passes Paid Sick Leave and Clarifies NY PFL
Megan Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
New York has enacted a new paid sick leave law, effective April 3, 2021 and has amended the regulatory definition ...
Read MoreMore Filters
U.S. Dept. of Labor Issues Paid Leave Regulations on April 1st
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
On April 1st the United States Department of Labor issued temporary, final regulations to support the Families ...
Read More
A Letter to Customers: How is FINEOS responding to the global pandemic?
Michael Kelly
As we all wrestle with the changing dynamic of business during this worldwide pandemic, we at FINEOS remain ...
Read MoreKeeping You Updated: WA PFML Amendment and COVID-19 Paid Leave Clarifications
Sheri Pullen, Best Practices Product Manager, Integrated Disability and Absence Management
Things are moving at warp speed when it comes to information around the COVID-19 pandemic and paid leave laws. It’s ...
Read MoreNew Jersey Amends Multiple Leave and Disability Laws in Response to COVID-19
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On March 25, the Governor of New Jersey signed Senate Bill 2304, amending the state’s Paid Sick Leave Act, the ...
Read MoreFederal Paid Leave Clarification from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
On Tuesday, March 24 the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it has issued an employer fact ...
Read MoreUpdated: COVID-19 Paid Leave Guidance from the Department of Labor
Sheri Pullen, Best Practices Product Manager, Integrated Disability and Absence Management
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL WHD) has announced that they expect to publish Families ...
Read MoreNew York and Oregon Enact New Protections for Employees Impacted by COVID-19
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
New York State has enacted an emergency paid sick leave law and amended its Disability Benefits Law (“NY DBL”) and ...
Read MoreFederal Paid Leave: A New Reality
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
Over my career, I’ve considered whether the United States would ever offer paid family and medical or sick leave. ...
Read MoreA Message on COVID-19 from Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly, CEO
As the spread of the COVID-19 virus continues to impact many people and business around the globe, I want to ...
Read MoreRapid Revisions to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and New York DBL and PFL Program
Megan Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed technical corrections to H.R. 6201, the Families First ...
Read MoreKey Takeaway from the likely new Federal Paid Leave law: Families First Coronavirus Response Act Bill Breakdown
Megan Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
During the early hours of March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6201, named the Families ...
Read More
New Mexico Enacts Pregnancy Accommodation Law
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On March 6, 2020, the Governor of New Mexico passed House Bill 25 amending the New Mexico Human Rights Act. The ...
Read More
Paid leave, FMLA, and work from home accommodations in the midst of COVID-19
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
In the wake of the COVID-19 virus outbreak, also known as coronavirus, people are asked to self-quarantine if they ...
Read More
Voluntary Enrollment Success is as Simple as 1, 2, 3
Dan Watt, VP, Product Marketing
I’ve been reflecting on the latest LIMRA Enrollment Technology Strategy Seminar (ETSS). I am struck that while many ...
Read More
New Jersey Expands Disability Benefits and Job Restoration to Organ and Bone Marrow Donors; Vermont Eyeing Paid Family and Medical Leave
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
New Jersey Expands Disability Benefits and Job Restoration to Organ and Bone Marrow Donors. On January 21, 2020, ...
Read More
Federal Workers to Receive Paid Parental Leave
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
Beginning October 2020, the United States’ largest employer, the federal government, is poised to provide paid ...
Read More
Integrated Disability and Absence Management Comes into the Fold
David Schulman, Principal Product Consultant
For the 9th time out of 10 conferences, I had the pleasure of attending the annual International Claims Association ...
Read More
When Technology and Claims Management Come Together
Christy Traupe, Product Market Manager
I attended the International Claims Association (ICA) Annual Education Conference last week in Denver for the first ...
Read More
FMLA and Employee Dual-Notice Procedures – Stand Your Ground But Be Clear About Your Policies
Megan Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
A collaborative post by: Megan Holstein, Esq., Senior Vice President, Absence & Claims Product, FINEOS Gail ...
Read More
Cloud Native - To be or not to be
David Solan, Head of Software Development
This is the first blog in a series that will discuss the technical challenges and opportunities inherent within the ...
Read More
Group Insurance Technology: Back to the Future for Policy Admin & Billing
Dan Watt, VP, Product Management
This is the second installment in a series of blogs that address the three key challenges facing insurance carriers ...
Read More
RPA: The Duck Tape of the IT World
Chuck Johnston, Chief Marketing Officer
I was really disappointed recently when I went to my first Robot Process Automation (RPA) talk at an insurance ...
Read More
5 reasons Employers need to track paid family and medical leave
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
Employers with a multi-state or national workforce are faced with an ever-increasing landscape of state laws ...
Read More
Oregon Enacts a Comprehensive Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On July 1, the Governor of Oregon signed Senate Bill 2005, establishing a paid family and medical leave (PFML) ...
Read More