Human Resources: Employees Benefit communication; administration, cost controls

First Part of Discussion: Benefits Communication

1-Does your current (or previous) organization have a strategy in place to communicate its benefits plan to employees?

2-If so, how effective is it, and what can be done to improve it?

3-If not, what are your thoughts on putting a benefits communication plan in place?

4-Would it be beneficial?

Companies today must have benefits that compete to draw in and retain top talent. Unfortunately, the way they communicate the message is often less than desirable.

5-Evaluate how your employers communicate their benefit plans.

6-What are your thoughts on the communications that they utilize?

7-What is a best practice?

8-What could be improved?

Second Part of Discussion: Benefit Administration and Cost Controls:

Insurance providers and employers alike are searching for techniques and strategies to help control their benefit costs.

9- Has your organization been able to find ways to improve your benefit program or add new benefits without adding a heavy cost burden to your department or your employees?

10- Will your organization's budget for employee benefits be growing, staying the same, or potentially shrinking over the coming year?

This issues seems to be a concern to us all every year with the increasing cost increases in medical care. Insurance providers and employers look at different ways to control benefit costs.

11-Which ways do you feel are most effective?

12- How do these work to control cost and provide the best benefit possible at the most reasonable cost?