{"id":34409,"date":"2025-11-19T13:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=34409"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:57:54","slug":"melanie-payton-and-chrissy-theiss-on-ai-and-the-future-of-leave-management-for-benefits-magazine","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/melanie-payton-and-chrissy-theiss-on-ai-and-the-future-of-leave-management-for-benefits-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Payton and Chrissy Theiss on AI and the Future of Leave Management for Benefits Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_style=&#8221;page-hero&#8221; row_padding_bottom=&#8221;pb-5&#8243; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742336923113{padding-bottom: 200px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bg-brand-linear-gradient-vertical&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t<div class=\"hero hero--wrap    \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--background-image hero--background-image-blur\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--inner width-100\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n  <div class='content-heading  100% content-heading--ruled '>\n    <p class='text-brand-light-blue subheading'>In The Media<\/p>\n    <h1 class='text-white    h1'>\n      Melanie Payton and Chrissy Theiss on AI and the Future of Leave Management for Benefits Magazine\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section section_padding_top=&#8221;pt-5&#8243; section_padding_bottom=&#8221;pb-5&#8243; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_row row_padding_top=&#8221;pt-4&#8243; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible overlapping-row&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;overlapping-column&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;33777&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1082&#215;439&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;brand-rounded-corners-right shadowed&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row row_padding_top=&#8221;pt-0&#8243;][vc_column]  <div class=\"cards icon-horizontal\">\n    <div class=\"icon-horizontal--item cards--item mb-0 text-center\">\n\n      <div class=\"cards--inner\">\n\n                <div class=\"cards--inner-image\">\n          <div class=\"icon-horizontal--image bg-white\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ri_calendar-line.png') !important;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"cards--inner-content align-self-center\">\n                                  <div class=\"cards--description\">November 19th, 2025<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  [vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bbins365.sharepoint.com\/_api\/v2.1\/sites\/bbins365.sharepoint.com,1fc5616a-d789-465f-a62d-8bd16a7d9e58,38720219-b9da-4de1-b6e5-b499eda85d0e\/lists\/5c5ab693-477e-4428-a8a4-d85df429da3e\/items\/cf9ba524-f1f7-44fe-9e2a-c416a4392502\/driveItem\/thumbnails\/0\/c2560x99999\/content?prefer=noRedirect,extendCacheMaxAge&amp;clientType=modernWebPart&amp;format=webp\" width=\"228\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">In the November\/December 2025 issue of\u00a0<i>Benefits Magazine<\/i>, teammates Melanie Payton, CLMS, and Chrissy Theiss, SHRM-SCP,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>share how artificial intelligence is changing the way organizations manage employee leave. They describe a shift from manual, time-consuming processes\u00a0to more streamlined, employee-friendly experiences, where tools like chatbots and predictive analytics handle routine tasks while HR teams focus on complex and sensitive cases that require human judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, they see AI as a way to make leave management not only more efficient but also more proactive. Future applications could include monitoring compliance with evolving laws and identifying early signs of burnout to support employee wellness. Their perspective reinforces the importance of balancing technology with empathy and oversight, ensuring that automation enhances and does not replace the human element in HR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifebp.org\/resources---news\/magazines-and-books\/benefits-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benefits Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><i>Note the article may be behind a paywall.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Payton and\u00a0Chrissy Theiss\u00a0share how artificial intelligence is changing the way organizations manage employee leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":33777,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"insight_category":[147],"class_list":["post-34409","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insight_category-in-the-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Melanie Payton and Chrissy Theiss on AI and the Future of Leave Management for Benefits Magazine - Brown &amp; 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