One way to improve employees’ understanding of the benefits you provide them with:

Plan to meet with them one-on-one a few more times than usual this year.

Nearly 90% of company execs think one-on-one meetings between a benefits counselor and each employee would significantly improve workers’ understanding of their benefits, found a recent Colonial Life survey.

In addition, 92% of employers feel it’s very important to their business for employees to understand and appreciate their benefits.

Only 1 in 4 to increase efforts

But what’s surprising is that only 27% of businesses plan to increase benefits communication, found a separate Watson Wyatt study.

So conducting more face-to-face meetings between Benefits and individual employees could be a great way to set your company apart.

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