Accommodation request types, leave vs workplace accommodations.

Accommodation request incidence per 100 employees, by age, gender and work status (e.g.

Some of the insights provided by the new Matrix benchmark analysis include: This underscores the absence of actionable information surrounding even the scope of the challenge, let alone the status of ADA compliance. Matrix did research with clients in February, 2015 and discovered two out of three respondents did not even have a system or process to track ADA related accommodation requests. Our early leadership has not only served clients well, it has also created the industry's first body of knowledge from which benefits and risk managers can anticipate, model and improve their organizations.' 'While ADA compliance is among the fastest growing concerns of employers across the board, there is precious little objective information and guidance on how to navigate the legal, operational and productivity implications. 'In recent conversations with more than a dozen of the top absence and productivity consultants in the US, we confirmed Matrix is unique in the market with not only comprehensive, statistically validated data but the expertise to recommend policy and practice,' Ken Cope, president of Matrix, said. Since then more than 35 employers representing a wide array of industries have adopted the program, which manages both leave and workplace accommodations under ADA.

In 2013 Matrix was first to market with a comprehensive ADA management product, called ADA Advantage®. An early leader in the outsourced absence management space, Matrix was founded in 1987 as a workers' compensation administrator in San Jose, California. Matrix integrates short- and long-term disability, workers' compensation, return-to-work services and personal/family and medical leave programs to help employers realize time, efficiency and productivity gains.

The statistical analysis is based on a review of more than 4,300 accommodation requests collected over a time period of at least 12 months from employers representing a universe of 120,000 employees. PHOENIX, AZ -(Marketwired - July 12, 2016) - Matrix Absence Management, Inc., (Matrix), a leader in helping employers proactively manage employee absence, productivity and related payments, has unveiled the first credible benchmarking and data analysis of the employer experience related to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

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