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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B
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UnumProvident Corporation is now doing business as Unum Group, as of March 2007.
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NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
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Aging Workforce Challenge to Corporate Health and Productivity
In the ever-changing work environment, one of the most pervasive challenges facing employers in coming years will be protecting the work capacity of the aging workforce. Individuals in the baby boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, will work longer and remain healthier, creating a new life stage -...
UnumProvident Suggests Key Strategic Steps for FMLA Benefits Management
In terms of the movement of presenteeism to absenteeism, depression is estimated to be a primary factor in about 6% to 7% of UnumProvident's short-term disability STD claims. Depression also shows up as a strong determining factor for job performance. It also was described as causing the highest average self-reported...
The Role of Assistive Technology in the Workplace
Today there are 33 million working age Americans with disabilities and 14.5 million of them are unemployed. Of those who are unemployed, two out of three would prefer to be working. Yet the unemployment rate for working-age adults with disabilities has remained at 70% for more than a decade. One...
The Benefits Challenge: Defining the Impact of Disability, Lost Time and Medical Costs
The challenge of managing the impact of employee absence and productivity is not a new one for employers. In today's competitive environment, it is of ever-increasing importance. While there is no single solution to this complex issue of medical cost containment and absenteeism, the combination of a defined return-to-work program...
Totaling Absences: In Today's Economic Climate, Employers Are Rethinking How They Account for a Worker's Lost Time
A simple sick day. A workplace injury. A disabling psychiatric illness. A happy, normal pregnancy. Employee dissatisfaction and job performance issues. Each of these situations can lead to employee absences with a direct effect on workplace productivity and organization profitability - yet employers treat each differently. Workers who are injured...
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