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AtlantiCare is a regional health system with more than 6,000 employees and with over 100 locations that serves the healthcare needs of southeastern New Jersey.  Their core mission is to make a difference in health and healing one person at a time, while paving the way for excellence across the region.

Previously, AtlantiCare was outsourcing their leave management, however, this approach wasn't fully meeting their employees' needs, was costly, and required a lot of extra time and attention from their leave team. AtlantiCare experiences a high volume of leaves given the pressure placed on their healthcare workers, who have extremely long hours and physically demanding jobs that lead to injuries, stress and burnout. They needed a system that would  provide real-time access to leave information to support decision-making, allow them to be more hands-on and spend less time on menial tasks.

Miami, FL (April 7, 2021) - Presagia, industry-leading developer of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to manage employees’ leaves of absence, today introduces Leave Genius Pro, bringing sophisticated leave law compliance technology to small and medium-sized employers in the U.S. and Canada. 

A few weeks ago we attended an intriguing and relevant webinar from Jackson Lewis aptly named, To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate...That Is The Question presented by Sheri Giger and David Mohl. This webinar answered questions that are on many employers' minds during this time, including whether they can mandate their employees getting the COVID-19 vaccine. 

We learned a lot from this webinar, including pros and cons of mandating vaccines and best practices (e.g. having a plan for possible non-compliance/non-cooperation). While there's a lot to digest, one important takeaway is that this is very much a grey area, given the ever-evolving landscape and continuous developments. 

Our parent company, Presagia, contributed an article to each issue of last year's @Work Magazine, a publication by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC). If you haven't had a chance to check out this excellent resource, we highly recommend that you do! DMEC provides best practice resources for our complex industry and @Work is one of their resources that we always stay on top of! 

The 2020 column, Absence & Accommodation Technology, focused on walking employers through the many considerations they should have as they research leave and accommodation technology, dive into the review process, implement their solution, and maintain a healthy relationship with their vendor post go-live. We’ll also be giving an insider’s look at the many pitfalls employers make when assessing and managing technology, with an eye to helping them avoid these common missteps.

As we did with the Technology and Absence Management series, we've created this blog series to share each 2020 article with you! In this post, we're sharing the November column, which looks at important considerations, such as communication strategy, when implementing absence technology.

Our parent company, Presagia, is contributing a column to each issue of this year's @Work Magazine, a publication by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC). If you haven't had a chance to check out this excellent resource, we highly recommend that you do! DMEC provides best practice resources for our complex industry and @Work is one of their resources that we always stay on top of! 

The 2020 column, Absence & Accommodation Technology, focuses on walking employers through the many considerations they should have as they research leave and accommodation technology, dive into the review process, implement their solution, and maintain a healthy relationship with their vendor post go-live. We’ll also be giving an insider’s look at the many pitfalls employers make when assessing and managing technology, with an eye to helping them avoid these common missteps.

As we did with last year's Technology and Absence Management series, we've created this blog series to share each 2020 article with you! In this post, we're sharing the September column, which looks at how employers can increase compliance and efficiency when they properly integrate their leave technology.

Emmis Communications is an American media company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and founded in 1980. They began in radio and have a history in TV, publishing and mobile operations. Emmis leverages technology to make their leave management easy given that their employees work across multiple states which means multiple leave law jurisdictions. 

Everyone has had to adapt, pivot and take precautions in both their personal and professional lives due to COVID-19. When it comes to work, employers have learned how to boost organizational culture and employees have adjusted to working from home during this uncertain time. 

There's no doubt that leave management is taxing for employers, who must keep up-to-date with new and expiring leave laws, while balancing administrative overhead and the cost of absence. School districts especially face additional challenges, such as a dispersed workforce and complicated work schedules. 

That's why we wanted to share a recent webinar hosted by Financial Benefits Services (FBS), our parent company Presagia, and their mutual client, Frisco Independent School District (ISD). Geoff Simpson, Presagia's VP of Sales and Marketing and Brenna Rose, Benefits Manager at Frisco ISD were the presenters. In this webinar, Geoff gives a run-down on the importance of leave management and provides a demonstration of Presagia Leave. The second half involves Brenna who shares how Frisco ISD uses Presagia's system to manage leave more effectively and in turn, gives their employees the best experience. 

This year has left many in a disarray with COVID-19, which resulted in the enactment of many new federal, state and local leave laws. These leave laws were enacted at different points throughout 2020 with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) arriving early on April 1, 2020, and others like the Long Beach, California Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance coming later (May 19, 2020). Most of these laws were enacted with an expiration date, which means as leave managers, you need to be kept up-to-date in the coming months. 

Given that this is such a busy time of the year, we wanted to help you stay informed on when these COVID-19-related leave laws are expected to end. Please note that the majority of these leaves have an end date of December 31, 2020, but with the pandemic still blazing across the county they could be extended.

A few weeks ago, we attended a webinar, Annual Disability & Leave Management Symposium: COVID-19 Style, hosted by Patricia Anderson Pryor and Katharine C. Weber from Jackson Lewis. This webinar was educational, entertaining and explained some unanswered questions that have been boggling our minds, such as, "is COVID-19 a disability?"

We learned a lot during this webinar, from what’s considered a disability, to the importance of providing accommodations to employees in the midst of COVID-19. That’s why we’re sharing our top takeaways that leave managers should know.