Future-proof your leave program

March 26, 2025

Staying compliant in a complex landscape

About this webinar

Navigating the intricacies of leave management while keeping both business priorities and employee wellbeing in mind can feel like a daunting task. In this webinar, you’ll discover practical strategies to streamline leave management with clear policies, advanced tools and proactive compliance. Our experts also walk through real-life examples and give actionable insights you can implement in your own organization.

Angel Bennett

AVP, Leave and ADA Solutions, Unum

Angel Bennett is the Assistant Vice President for Leave and ADA Solutions at Unum. She leads a team that provides expert guidance and support to Unum’s customers on a variety of leave and ADA-related issues. With over 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry, Angel is a frequent speaker and writer on leave and ADA topics.

Ellen Donovan McCann

Senior Counsel, Littler Mendelson

Ellen Donovan McCann’s practice is focused on complex multistate leave of absence and accommodation issues. She is a member of the firm’s Leave and Accommodation Practice Group. Ellen helps clients navigate and untangle the trickiest compliance issues with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), state leave laws, company leaves of absence and Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs across the country. She also provides guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) and similar state accommodation requirements.

Prior to joining Littler, Ellen worked for a Fortune 500 insurance company for more than 25 years. She was involved in the development of and provided continued legal support to the company’s leave administration services, which included administration of FMLA, state leave laws, ADA, corporate leaves and statutory PFML programs. In addition, she provided employment-related legal advice to human resources and executive management, with an emphasis on leaves of absence, paid time off programs, employee relations issues and restrictive covenants. Ellen also managed their employment-related litigation, EEOC and state charges.

She is a nationally recognized resource on FMLA, ADA, state leave laws, paid leave laws and PFML programs.

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Advanced leave management with elevated employee experiences

Learn how smarter technology and deeper platform integrations simplify absence management for HR and make it easy for employees to plan leaves, receive benefits and return to work.

These resources are not intended to constitute legal advice and are for general educational purposes only. If you need legal advice on a particular situation, please contact your own attorney.