
"We developed our ADA Advantage product and service model in close partnership with many of our largest and longest-term customers," Cope said. A compact demographic census including factors like employee gender, dates of birth, dates of hire and the company's SIC code, will yield both potential and likely ADA activity, and compare these against the broad market - or, in some cases, against competitors within the same vertical market segment. But it is also effective for non-clients.

The new tool is immediately and seamlessly applicable to Matrix clients: using actual FMLA and disability leave data, the calculator can accurately forecast expected ADA request exposure. Last year's landmark statistical analysis was 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.ĪDA Forecaster leverages a data pool that has continued to grow, now representing more than 185,000 employees nationwide. Since then more than 50 employers across 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. "If every situation is unique, like a fingerprint, there's no way to plan, staff and budget for compliance, let alone effectiveness. "The nature of the Americans with Disabilities Act is, every request is unique and the employer is legally required to go through an interactive process to determine if accommodation requests can and should be approved," said Ken Cope, president of Matrix.

ADA Forecaster uses proprietary algorithms and the industry's largest pool of managed accommodation data to predict ADA incidence at the employer level, and benchmark this against market performance. market's first credible snapshot of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation data, Matrix Absence Management (Matrix) has deployed ADA Forecaster™, a tool to help employers understand, anticipate and prepare to manage ADA requests more effectively. PHOENIX, AZ -(Marketwired - April 27, 2017) - Less than a year after publishing the U.S.
