Do Employees Understand and Appreciate their benefit plans?

With employers spending the high dollars today to provide comprehensive benefit plans for their employees and their dependents, one question continues to come up; do employees really understand what they are getting and do they realize the total value of the benefits?

The issue here is often communication. Many organizations really on the HR department to get all the information out on benefits, but this is usually at open enrollment time where the administrative process of enrollment takes precedence over communication or employees are left to navigate through cumbersome employee self-service portals to complete their enrollment; which often is followed by a phone call to the HR department for clarification.

Look to make a change in 2007. Are their outside resources that may take the burden off your HR department? Ask an HR consultant or search online for "Benefit Communications".