Three Things to Avoid in Building a Modern Insurance Industry Platform
Chuck Johnston, Chief Marketing Officer
I attended an industry conference earlier in the year and sat in a lot of sessions with insurers and software ...
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Massachusetts Releases New Draft Regulations
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has released a draft of revised Paid Family and ...
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Time to Disappear?
Eoin Kirwan, Head of Product Management
These days too many of the best minds in software are devoting their energies to winning and retaining your ...
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ERISA Claims Deadlines Extended Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the U.S. Internal Revenue ...
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Providing leadership in a crisis
Fergal Heffernan, Customer Engagement Manager
If ever there was a time to reflect on the ability of an organisation to pivot into a digital workforce, the era of ...
Read MoreApril Brings a Shower of New Leave Laws to Virginia, Puerto Rico, New Jersey and D.C.
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
Virginia Passes Pregnancy Accommodation Law We wrote earlier this week about Virginia’s new law relating to ...
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Can COBOL save us from COVID-19?
Jonathan Boylan, Chief Technology Officer
It’s rare you hear a call-out for technology skills in a crisis, especially in such a severe crisis, so it was ...
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Virginia Implements Minimum Benefit Rule for Childbirth in Short-Term Disability Policies
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On April 9, the Governor of Virginia signed into law Senate Bill 567, mandating that insurers that issue individual ...
Read MoreNew 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 and save leave law, effective September 30, and has amended the regulatory ...
Read MoreU.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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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