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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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 ...
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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 ...
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FMLA and Employee Dual-Notice Procedures – Stand Your Ground But Be Clear About Your Policies
Megan Holstein, Esq.
A collaborative post by: Megan Holstein, Esq., Senior Vice President, Absence & Claims Product, FINEOS Gail ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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California Expands Paid Family Leave - Adds an Additional 2 Weeks of Benefits
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On June 27, the Governor of California signed Senate Bill 83, authorizing an expansion of the California Paid ...
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Paid Family and Medical Leave Gains Momentum: Connecticut Becomes the Latest State to Enact a Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On June 25, the Governor of Connecticut signed Senate Bill 1, ushering in a new Paid Family and Medical Leave ...
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Massachusetts Passes Bill Delaying Paid Family and Medical leave; Publishes Final Regulations Regarding Program Administration
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
Last year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed a new Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) program. On June ...
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State Legislatures Double Down on Mandatory Paid Leave Trend – The Any Reason Absence
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
Leave of absence is nothing if not trendy, and two new laws in Nevada and Maine could kick off the latest in a ...
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Summer Heat Brings a Storm of Legislation
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
As summer heats up, state legislatures are adjourning with one last push to get legislation over the finish line. ...
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"Where’s the Fraud?" – Combating Claim Fraud with Automation Tools and "Good Data"
David Schulman, Principal Product Consultant
To those that read my 2 previous blogs (from the 2018 Eastern Claims Conference (ECC) and the 2018 International ...
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Use of multi-tenant cloud vendors vs single tenant cloud vendors
Chuck Johnston, Chief Marketing Officer
When securing your data do you prefer a deposit box (shared security) or distinct (personal) vault? The wave of ...
Read MoreChanges to the FMLA are on the horizon
Megan G. Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Claims Product
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notification that its regulatory agenda will include a ...
Read MoreMaryland Enacts Maryland Organ and Bone Marrow Donation Leave
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On May 13, the Governor of Maryland signed into law House Bill 1284, providing a leave of absence for employees ...
Read MoreKentucky Boosts its Leave and Accommodation Protections for Pregnant Workers
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
On April 9, Kentucky’s Governor, Matt Bevin signed Senate Bill 18, the Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act, requiring ...
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Agile and Culture Thrive Together - Is software development history repeating itself?
Michael Kelly, CEO
My late father was early into software development in the late 1950’s. He worked for the Irish national transport ...
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Group Insurance Technology: Back to the Future for Policy Admin & Billing
Dan Watt, VP, Product Management
This is the first in a series of three blogs to start a practical and real discussion about industry challenges and ...
Read MoreThree Notable Changes to Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave
Megan Holstein, Esq., SVP Absence and Disability Product
Before any employees have received benefits under Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (WA PFML) program, the ...
Read MoreA Department of Labor Opinion Letter Brings Clarity: An Employer’s Generosity Can Land Them in Hot Water
Lori Welty, Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
Employers compete in the marketplace in many ways, one of which is one-upping each other with generous ...
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Core Insurance Systems and the Sunk Cost Fallacy
Michael Kelly, CEO
The result of sunk cost fallacy leads to multiple problems for the carrier – budgets wasted, business lost, ...
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Paid Leave Laws Off to a Busy Start in 2019
Lori Welty, Esq., Absence Management Senior Compliance Attorney
The states are off to the races, as they’ve begun the year with a slew of new paid family and medical leave ...
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