Lincoln Absence Advisor
Welcome to the Lincoln Absence Advisor podcast! As the disability and leave landscape continues to expand and evolve, we’ll help you keep up and keep informed. Our podcasts take a deep dive into important topics such as the evolution of the FMLA and ADA, state regulations, the compliance challenge, and the complexities of day-to-day administration. In this podcast, our Lincoln benefit professionals provide thoughtful and vigorous conversations that tackle the important leave topics employers need to understand.
Episodes
58 episodes
Sorting it out and summing it up
As another year of the Lincoln Absence Advisor podcast series concludes, we’re continuing to build on what we’ve learned to help you prepare for the future. This season’s final episode highlights parting words from our diverse group of guests w...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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27:26
Sabbatical leave allows time for a break
Extended leave, gap time, sabbatical. Whatever the name, it offers employees time they may need to attend to personal matters — and may help attract and retain talent. Meta’s benefit program manager joins the latest Lincoln Absence Advisor as w...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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43:47
What’s next for private plans in Oregon and Colorado?
Oregon and Colorado are the next two states developing paid family and medical leave (PFML) programs with private plan options. In this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, we explore where each state stands, what we know about their private pla...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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24:11
How supplemental health, leave, and disability work together to protect income and savings
Over half of current bankruptcies are due to medical bills. It takes a combination of benefits — health insurance, along with disability, leave, and supplemental health including accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity — to be prepar...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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34:51
The perception and reality of short-term disability
Short-term disability isn’t a new benefit, but it is a valuable coverage both employees and employers need to understand to ensure they can take full advantage of its features. This Lincoln Absence Advisor podcast explores how STD is perceived,...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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43:35
Exploring the interactive process
In this Lincoln Absence Advisor episode, we look at how employers use the interactive process as a standardized framework to find accommodations for employees with disabilities and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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34:08
What's next for state family and medical leave? Part 2
In this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, we continue our conversation on the newest paid family and medical leave programs. We discuss what we know about Maryland and Delaware, as well as alternative solutions to paid family and medical leav...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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22:46
What's next for state family and medical leave? Part 1
More states are enacting paid leave laws and this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor takes a look at the newest rules and regulations. In part one of two, Lincoln legal and leave professionals explore developing programs in Colorado and Oregon....
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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26:43
Planning for paternity leave
This episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor focuses on a leave type that is becoming much more common – paternity leave. We are joined by three dads who reflect on their recent experiences and what they’ve learned about the importance and impact of...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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26:23
Compliance News and Updates: May 2022
What’s happening across the country in leave and absence management? This episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor discusses the key leave developments from this month’s compliance report. Our top stories include new legislation, including Delaware’s...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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9:50
First point of contact, first point of support
In addition to everyday responsibilities, managers have duties that may not happen as often but are just as important – including being the first point of contact and support for employees taking a leave of absence. This episode of Lincol...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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32:57
Compliance News and Updates: April 2022
It’s essential to keep up with the latest news, and that’s why we’re providing another option besides reading about them – now you can listen to the latest compliance news instead. During this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, we discuss Apri...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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23:03
The FMLA: A cornerstone of job protection
This episode focuses on a key aspect of the FMLA — job protection. Listen as three Lincoln absence and leave professionals discuss what job protection means under the FMLA, along with common viewpoints and misunderstandings from both an e...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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41:50
Compliance News and Updates: March 2022
This episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor provides a new way to digest our monthly leave and absence compliance report. Our reports explore each month’s leave and development news and have proven to be a popular feature – here we talk about the t...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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13:27
State vs. private plans: Conversations and considerations
How do companies decide whether to go with their state PFML plan or choose a private option instead? In this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, we talk with two Lincoln national account executives who offer their years of experience guiding cl...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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25:03
Recruitment, retention, and the working caregiver
In this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, we talk about one of the key factors — caregiving — behind what’s been called the “Great Resignation” in the American workforce. Our guests are well-versed in this trend, as they are all part of the L...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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34:11
Countdown to Connecticut PFML: Are you ready?
We’ve been talking about and preparing for Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave, or CT PFML, for some time. Now that the program’s about to launch, we’ve taken time to dive into the final policy, identify how it differs from the preliminar...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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17:24
Watch your language: Getting paid leave policy language right
When your company is building a paid leave policy, using the right policy language is crucial. In this Lincoln Absence Advisor podcast, we explore this topic with product manager Annie Jantz and absence consultant MacKenzie Carver. We take a de...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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27:26
The trying needs of eldercare
When you look at reasons people take leave from the workplace, do you consider eldercare and all the complexities this includes? In this episode of Lincoln Absence Advisor, Lincoln’s Joanne Archer, VP of product solutions, Michelle Curtis, prod...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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34:23
Exploring the "assistance" of an EAP
During our Q2 webinar – A new focus: mental health, disability, and the whole employee we received a lot of great questions from our audience. One area where our audience showed interest was the benefit of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). ...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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36:56
Defining maternal mental health
Having a child can often be tied to joy and happiness, but there is another side that many new moms are going through – balancing their own mental health while they adjust to this new world they find themselves in. When we talk about maternal m...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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41:49
Sorting out California Paid Leave's alphabet soup
Recently we’ve seen a lot of interest in California paid family leave and the overall state disability insurance program, which is why we’ve put together this episode to answer frequent questions and simply talk through a state program that can...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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25:51
Disability through the HR lens
Disability insurance is something that has catapulted to the forefront of many employers and their employees’ minds over the past year. Many see the value of this coverage for the peace of mind it provides if someone were to miss work due to a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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24:53
Vaccination, leave and ADA requirements
We’re hearing a lot about returning to the workplace and questions on if employers can (or should) require the COVID-19 vaccination to do so. Often, this conversation leads to many challenges and complexities, such as the need for accommodation...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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22:53
Is maternity leave enough
Maternity leave is such a common reason to be absent from work, but have you ever asked if what your company provides is truly enough to help the mothers among your employees prepare for and recover from childbirth, bond with their new baby whi...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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41:53