Employee absence can be a major cost and an important part of an effective talent recruitment strategy. Lockton helps clients take a comprehensive approach to tracking and managing various employee absences that can occur in the workplace, both disability and non-disability related. That includes our Integrated Absence Solutions (IAS) team, who can focus on your specific needs and provide guidance on leave requirements, eligibility, and plan design; assist with administrative tasks associated with absences; and coordinate leave benefits on behalf of the employer with carriers and third-party administrators.

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Absence, Life and Disability Solutions

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Introducing Lockton's Absence, Life and Disability Solutions

Successfully managing employee absence and leave is crucial to your business and important to your people. Lockton helps clients take a comprehensive approach to assessing paid and unpaid leave of absence programs which includes a team of specialists focusing on your Client’s specific needs. This team specializes in all aspects of these programs which include guidance on regulatory leave requirements, placement of life, absence and disability policies, plan design; evaluation of administrative touchpoints associated with absences; and coordination of leave benefits on behalf of the employer with carriers and third-party administrators.

Services

  • Strategic consulting, compliance consulting, benchmarking and financial analytics

  • Paid time off program development

  • Future state visioning / strategic roadmap for all time off programs

  • Leave policies evaluation

  • Current state assessment

  • ADA / ADAAA Process design review

  • Return to work / Stay at work program development

  • Vendor negotiation, management and remediation strategies

  • Federal, state and local leave law interpretation and deployment strategy

  • Analysis of DOL / EEOC exposure and HR policy review to develop compliance profile and risk mitigation strategy

  • Includes in-depth consultation based on business goals, industry, population

  • Underwriting negotiation and claims data analysis, data-driven insights

  • Renewal evaluation and negotiation

  • PTO plan design financial evaluation

Industry-leading benefits for the people powering your business

Acting as your strategic partner, we’ll get to grips with the different layers of your business to deliver integrated health and risk programs that add value for your organization.

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What is Lockton People Solutions?

Lockton believes every business maximizes their potential when their people maximize theirs. That’s why we help our clients make their business, and their people’s lives, better. We know employers need solutions that help balance attracting and retaining talent, manage costs and promote employee well-being. Lockton helps guide clients to people solutions that drive employee understanding, engagement and satisfaction; incorporate competitive total rewards and benefits packages; and manage and measure the effectiveness of your programs.

Lockton’s People Solutions Market Update offers comprehensive quarterly insights on the U.S. market dynamics impacting cost management, employee wellbeing, and benefits strategies. In our Q4 2025 edition, we explore the broader industry forces behind system-wide strain and connect high-cost claims analysis with a full picture of how widespread market pressures are shaping employer plan costs. You can find our latest market update here.

We work with every client thinking about how we can best improve your employee experiences to drive engagement, understanding, satisfaction and productivity; design total rewards and benefits that increase perceived value and help attract and retain talent, while controlling costs; and help you make information-based decisions, measure and manage your programs, while driving a competitive business advantage amid an increasingly complex landscape.

Lockton delivers a full suite of solutions in the following areas: employee experiences and engagement, total rewards and benefits, and management and measurement.

Lockton is privately owned, which allows teams to prioritize client business. Our Associates are empowered to go above and beyond to help their clients succeed and the entrepreneurial culture at Lockton fosters data-driven solutions, solving problems faster and more efficiently.

Lockton operates all over the globe through Lockton offices and a network of Lockton Global Partners.

We can help with all M&A transactions from SME to large corporate.

With a global footprint of 135+ offices, there’s sure to be one near you.

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