Prudential announced it's developed an online tool for disability insurance clients.
Called Absence & Productivity: Practical Solutions for Managers, Prudential says the program is "designed to help employers manage their benefits costs through enhanced worker productivity and effective return-to-work strategies."
The tool contains two components: a manager's kit for front-line managers, and an off-the-shelf program for training facilitators designed to reinforce key concepts in a hands-on workshop. The program intends to help managers improve performance, prevent some disability absences and manage the absences that do occur.
"According to Prudential's fifth annual study of employee benefits [Today & Beyond], 49 percent of employers cite increasing employee productivity as a top benefits objective. Yet, managing an employee through a disability absence and a return to work—along with maintaining workplace productivity—can be a challenge."
Prudential's research also reveals return-to-work initiatives have been successful in generating cost savings as well as productivity gains. Regarding such strategies, 62 percent of respondents are "using some" or "using to a great extent," and 66 percent report being "highly successful" in achieving desired cost savings with their return-to-work strategies.
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