Employee Benefit Articles

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & BEST PRACTISE ARTICLES FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS

Most medium and large companies offer their staff a range of employee benefit products and services. Some do it well and others, not so well. Over the next 10 weeks I’m going to write about the key employee benefit lessons we’ve learnt from working with our diverse range of clients.

Whether you are outsourcing your entire benefits program, running the show in-house or a combination of the two, these lessons will help you gain the most value for your time, effort and budget.

Jun06

Lesson 3: How to effectively communicate with your employees

Author // Anthony Zets Category // Employee Benefit Articles, Industry Articles, Thought Leadership Number of Pageviews: 2107

Question: Your employees receive thousands of emails each week. How do you cut through the clutter?

Answer: Regular communication with relevant content.

Rational thinking dictates that periodic communication will increase responsiveness. The reasoning is that employee’s will believe the message to be “more important” because it is less frequent.

Ironically, it’s quite the opposite.

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May27

Lesson 2: What employee benefits should remain in-house and what should be outsourced

Author // Anthony Zets Category // Employee Benefit Articles, Industry Articles, Thought Leadership Number of Pageviews: 1836

Without a professional outsource partner, your benefits program will unlikely offer an extended range of benefits that will keep your employees interested in your program. Managing deals on popular products, events, entertainment and the like also requires daily attention (if not more).

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May17

1st Lesson: The fastest (and cheapest) way to breathe life into your employee benefits

Author // Anthony Zets Category // Employee Benefit Articles, Industry Articles, Thought Leadership Number of Pageviews: 1821

Many employee benefit programs consist of a few pages on the intranet under the title "Staff Benefits." 

The fastest and cheapest way to encourage interest in your staff benefits is to...

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