Looking for real-time information on your company’s benefit plan(s)? You — and your employees — can probably find it online. Workers can use a home computer, tablet, or smartphone to check the details of their benefit plans (costs, options, enrollment period, etc.), review documents, and update their personal account whenever they’d like.
Employers can access plan information that is:
Accurate. Online access makes it easy to enter data once and check for errors.
Cost-effective. One survey found that changing from manual to online enrollment in benefit plans slashed the cost from $109 to $22 per employee.
Timely. Provides instant access right from your keyboard.
Efficient. Streamlining plan information entry and access frees up employee time for more productive activities.
Private and secure. Access to information on individual plans is restricted (password protected), while company and plan administrators can monitor any unauthorized attempt to tap into plan data.
Open ended. Participants can use hyperlinks to garner information on claims procedures, directories of providers, “healthy living” guidelines, and other helpful Web-based resources.
We can work with you, and your workers, to get the most out of accessing benefit plan information (“high tech”), while providing personalized service (“high touch”).
At the beginning of the new year, many companies offer raises to employees. What happens, though, when employees express unhappiness about the raises they receive? If they complain to each other, productivity and morale decline. Use several tips as you handle these complaints promptly and properly and encourage a positive, productive and healthy work environment.
After spending 40 hours a week together at work, you and your coworkers may become close friends. Unfortunately, certain conversation topics can cause awkward situations and increase stress, decrease productivity, motivation and performance, and threaten your job. Protect your health and career when you avoid talking about these topics.
In our nation’s tumultuous environment of skyrocketing unemployment and plummeting home values, saving up for an emergency fund or retirement might be the farthest thing from your mind. Considering the sad state of our economy, most consumers are happy to just make ends meet. Although some economists encourage consumers to spend to stimulate the economy, most financial experts say saving is still as important as ever.
The slow winter season may lead certain employers to lay off employees for a few weeks or months. If you’re affected by a layoff, you could file for unemployment. Understand this coverage and how to file for it so you can receive financial benefits as you wait to return to work.
Although most people think of business places as safe and serene, in fact they’re rife with risks, both inside and outside the building. Security experts recommend taking these safety precautions:
With the launch of a new year, you may resolve to improve your career and expand your skills, mentor someone or climb the corporate ladder. Have you considered workplace resolutions that improve your health? Stay strong, fit and active and succeed on the job with several resolutions.
When settling Building Insurance claims, it can be tough to determine the real cost of replacing or restoring damaged property. Unfortunately, the methods that policyholders, insurance companies, and agents usually use to set the right amount of coverage all have their weaknesses; according to insurance experts, this means some buildings might be underinsured by up to 40%!
In your construction business, you use vehicles every day and insure them with commercial auto insurance for construction vehicles. Unfortunately, accidents can happen as you drive on the road or operate the vehicles on a job site. Utilize several safety tips as you protect your construction crew, fleet and company.
Anyone who works in construction knows the dangers — and costs — involved.
