Abigail O’Connell and Marjory Robertson, senior counsel at Sun Life Financial, discuss the complexities of absence management, offering advice on preventing misuse and abuse of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Explore actionable strategies and insights to address potential issues without compromising employee support.
Episode Guest
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Marjory Robertson
Marjory Robertson is AVP & Senior Counsel at Sun Life. She advises Sun Life on employment law issues, including legal issues related to absence and disability management for its employees. She also provides legal counsel to Sun Life’s Accommodations Team on outsourced accommodation services that Sun Life provides to clients. Group & Voluntary business on legal issues related to Absence & Disability Management Solutions offered by Sun Life to employers. She presents frequently on legal and compliance absence management issues at conferences and at Sun Life broker and employer/client events and at conferences held by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC).
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Abigail O'Connell
Abigail is a passionate proponent of paid family and medical leave mandates. She has worked in the absence management industry for 20 years. She loves getting into the weeds on sticky issues related to employee absence.
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