UnumProvident Launches Enhanced Absence Mgmt

Employers now have a better way to measure, monitor and manage employee absences, thanks to UnumProvident Corporation's (NYSE: UNM) expanded online Comparative Reporting & Analysis (CR&A) information services. Unscheduled employee absences cost American businesses $789 per employee in 2002, reflecting a jump of nearly $180 in the past two years.(*) CR&A services combine UnumProvident's vast disability database -- the largest private disability database in the world(**) -- with Internet- based technology and statistical analysis. Available online 24 hours a day, CR&A services e...