A new solution to help employers reduce employee absenteeism was made public today by Ceridian LifeWorks. By enabling them to better track what causes their employees to miss work, the new reporting feature expands Ceridian's existing Leave Administration, offering a full-service outsourcing product to manage and track all types of absences including Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, state leave laws, and employer authorized policies (such as vacation/paid time off and policies related to leaves such as military, jury duty, bereavement, personal leave of absence, medical leave, sabbaticals and others).

    This new tool offer employers the ability to generate special reports using statistical analysis to identify absence trends and patterns that are out of the norm. It also offers the possibility that employers with a powerful, interactive absence management tool enabling them to not only administer and track absences in a consolidated and consistent manner, but also to use the data to easily identify "red flags" that are contributing to their organization's absenteeism.

    Ceridian, senior vice president of LifeWorks Zachary Meyer, stated: "In many cases, employers may not know the root cause of why their employees are missing a lot of work or what patterns of absence exist in their organization. If an employer has this insight, they know more about what steps they can take to cut down on their absenteeism, and also what steps they can take to help their employees to stay productive. "In the end, both the employer and employee win."

    Employers can now see what is contributing to their employee absentee rates and understand patterns of absence, both from a broad employee base and individual employee vantage point. In turn, employers can then see if an employee can benefit from other company benefit programs that may assist the individual in missing fewer work days such as directing them to their company's Employee Assistance Program (EAP), assigning them a health coach or a number of other employee resources. Employers can also better select individuals whose absence patterns require further investigation to determine if an employee is abusing their company's leave policies.

    Ceridian added: "Last year's US productivity increase was only 1.6 percent, the lowest since 1997. If we don't keep up robust gains in productivity, we will lose in the global business race. Companies are potentially losing millions of dollars in payroll expenses and employee productivity because they do not track and manage employees' time away from work. This is a critical tool to help curb that trend."

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