Unum, a life and disability insurance benefits provider, has debuted a new service designed to help HR manage employee leave and time off, a task that has become increasingly complicated as a result of the pandemic.
Paid vacation and sick leave is offered by 98% and 95% of employers respectively, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. But the pandemic threw a wrench into employees’ time off plans, with many workers unwilling to use their vacation time while stuck at home. Indeed, 46% of workers didn’t use their PTO in 2020, according to research from job search site Monster. Meanwhile, employees who did take time off during the pandemic did so to provide care and assistance to their families. Fifty-three percent of workers said they had to start late, leave early, or take time off to provide care, according to a December 2020 study from AARP.
