ACS and its human resources consulting subsidiary, Buck Consultants, today introduced Absence & Productivity Solutions -- an integrated set of absence management consulting and administrative services that enables employers to manage their health care and disability costs, comply with myriad regulatory mandates, and improve the health and productivity of their workforce.
According to estimates by Integrated Benefits Institute, costs for disabled employees average more than $40,000 per event for lost productivity and health care.
Through the unique combination of Buckís consulting expertise and ACSí administrative services, the firm will help clients address the rising costs associated with managing absenteeism and lost productivity, and analyze root causes of deteriorating health among their workers.
Absence & Productivity Solutions provide absence management design, implementation, and administration that can be customized to each employerís specific workforce needs.
ìMost employers struggle with absenteeism because business objectives simply canít be met if employees arenít at work,î said Ophelia Galindo, principal, who recently joined Buck to lead the Absence & Productivity consulting practice. ìBalance is key to the solutions we provide. A well-run time-off program is a balance of program design, administration, and case management.î
Buckís services include plan design reviews, disability and clinical health management assessments, compliance assessments, vendor management improvement, return-to-work program audits, and advocacy programs to get employees back to work sooner.
ìLeaveLink, a 100 percent Web-deployed application from Absentys, provides the core technology dimension of ACSí absence management services,î said Don Bartolai, vice president of Global Benefits Outsourcing for ACS. ìOur strategy in integrating this technology with our consulting and administrative expertise is to address employersí leave administration pain points: eligibility and entitlement for benefits, ongoing federal and state leave law updates, return-to-work schedules, regulatory requirements, and litigation-related fines.î
ACS and Buck Consultants Announce Integrated Absence Management Services
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