Margie Shafer

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747 appearances 33 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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KCBS Bloomberg Tech and Business Report · Companies met with a challenging spike of leave-of-absences due to mental health · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

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Now FMLA, I'm familiar with having taken it myself. matched

Um, you have to have a doctor's note in many cases. matched

So are these people getting a doctor's note to be able to take this um mental health leave? matched

They are. matched

So I do know I can think of in past cases of some people who have used FMLA, you know, that have had substance abuse, you know, like for rehab. matched

I've I've heard of that. matched

Absolutely. matched

And, you know, so there's a difference between that and someone who needs, say, cognitive behavioral therapy. matched

So are you saying that people are are probably using it for some cognitive behavioral therapy that could be done or dealt with matched

With on their own time? matched

Can you quantify matched

That's amazing. matched

Now the tools that you mentioned in the previous question of things, some of the things that the companies can do, that those all seem very helpful. matched

Do you see these interventions as a way to maybe bring those numbers down of the people who are taking leave? matched

Thank you so much for breaking it down for us. matched

That's fascinating. matched

That is Taylor Nicole Rogers with Bloomberg talking about more and more people using leave of absence from work for mental health reasons. matched

This is F M L A. matched

And those absences are causing some workplace strain. matched

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