Absenteeism has a significant impact on total costs. While most recent cost-management efforts have focused directly on health care benefits, studies show that managing absence may actually be more effective in the long term. 

Hewitt's Absence Management Solutions help you improve your financial and operational performance by minimizing the costs, impact on productivity, and risk associated with all forms of health-related absence. Our approach goes well beyond simply tracking absence after the fact. We help you understand why and where absence occurs and offer solutions that best address the underlying causes. 

Our comprehensive absence management approach includes:

• Proactive customer service that focuses on your needs and those of your employees
• Highly effective return-to-work solutions
• Proprietary, Web-based technology that integrates data, analytics, case management, and communications

We bring together clinical management, prevention, communication, data analysis, and sophisticated reporting capabilities to make a measurable difference in absenteeism. This approach has been proven to reduce absenteeism by as much as 30%, all achieved with a 90% employee satisfaction rate. 

To learn more about Hewitt's Absence Management Solutions and how your company can benefit, contact your local Hewitt consultant or e-mail peoplesolutions@hewitt.com.

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