How Early Intervention Services Help Manage Absence

Does the importance of early intervention and effective rehabilitation during absence supersede the financial benefits that Group Income Protection (GIP) provides? There is a growing school of thought that the support insurers provide is becoming more important than ever to customers. GIP provides a level of salary continuation when an employee is absent because of ill health or disability.

Early involvement in absence to maximise rehabilitation support is sensible and prudent. Although GIP benefits become payable during long-term disability, the payment only starts after the employee has been unable to work for a set period. Employers fund Statutory Sick Pay, and many fund Occupational Sick Pay. Proactively managing sickness absence through early engagement using an Early Intervention Service (EIS) makes perfect sense from an organisational financial perspective.