Do Bleak Economic Times Mean Tougher Times for Employer Benefits Programs?

These past few years of tough economic times have impacted workforce employment and financial results for many employers. But how have employers’ lost-time benefits programs fared?

We draw on IBI’s industry-largest benchmarking database to compare 2010 claims results to 2008 and 2009 for short- and long-term disability and workers’ compensation experience. To avoid confusion and misinterpretation, IBI examines the results across the same employers for all three years. We also examine the 2010 prevalence of medical versus family FMLA leave and continuous versus intermittent.