The 2010 Leadership Series focused on the best practices in effective short-term disability plan design. It brought together human resources, benefits, and risk management professionals from manufacturing, education, health care, and other industries to explore common characteristics of several programs and identify the pros and cons of plan design. Presenters described strategies applicable to employers of all sizes.

Resources

	White Paper: 2010 Leadership Series: Best Practices in Short-Term Disability Plan Design
	Webcast: 2010 Leadership Series discussing STD plan design with Daniel Shaughnessy of Textron, and Rhonda Stribling of Tyco International Management Company

Additional Tools and Links
Risk & Insurance Magazine Article: Flat Tires and Sick Kids Add Up is a Risk & Insurance Magazine article featuring an interview with Group Benefits Nazneen Vimadalal discussing the 2009 Leadership Series white paper, Best Practices in Tracking and Managing Incidental Absence. Click here.

Employee Benefit News: Double Whammy of Absence Costs Has Employers Searching for Answers. This article by Liberty Mutual’s Nazneen Vimadalal and the DMEC’s Marcia Carruthers, reports on Liberty Mutual’s publication of the 2008 Leadership Series White Paper Absence Management—Best Practices in Metrics and Reporting. Click here

Leadership Series White Paper Archive
2009 Best Practices in Tracking and Managing Incidental Absences

2008 Absence Management: Best Practices in Metrics and Reporting

2007 IDM: Best Practices for Program Integration and Administration

2006 FMLA: Best Practices for Administration and Compliance

2005 Call Center: Best Practices for Managing the Cost of Absence 

Leadership Series Digital Library Archive
Executive Summary: A one page overview of the 2009 Leadership Series' findings

2009 Podcast: discussing Incidental Absence with Cheryl Pasa of USAA and Andy Rosa of Comcast

2009 Webcast: discusses highlights from the 2009 Leadership Series

2008 Podcast: discussing absence management issues  features Nazneen Vimadalal, Liberty Mutual Vice President, Group Benefits, Marketing & Product.

2008 Webcast: discusses highlights of the 2008 Leadership Series—Absence Management: Best Practices in Metrics and Reporting.