190 - What If Leave Policies Felt Like Product Design - with Romy Malviya

190 - What If Leave Policies Felt Like Product Design - with Romy Malviya

July 2, 2026 · 24 min · Season 1 · Episode 190

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The episode discusses the complexities of leave management in HR and how to improve the process for employees during critical life events.

Leave of absence sounds like a simple HR checkbox until you’re juggling federal law, 26-plus sets of state rules, and company policies that all overlap. We sit down with Romy Malviya, founder and CEO of PulpStream, to unpack why leave management becomes a paperwork-heavy risk zone and what it takes to make the process feel smooth for real humans at stressful moments like childbirth, surgery, and family care. We get specific about where big HRIS platforms like Workday, UKG, Dayforce, and ADP ...

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