Benefits Planning & Administration

Empowering employees through thoughtful benefits and responsive support

Planning and administering well-rounded and appealing employee benefits plays a significant role in attracting, retaining, and motivating strong talent. Unfortunately, organizations that have limited HR staff or no HR department at all often do not have the bandwidth to thoroughly design, and launch a benefits plan for its team – let alone maintain its compliance.

To help organizations craft appealing benefits plans and improve their benefits support, HRG offers benefits planning and administration services as part of its HR outsourcing solution. Our HR consultants specialize in creating ideal benefits programs, guiding their implementation, and supporting seamless interaction with employees regarding their benefits inquiries. HRG’s benefits planning and administration services also ensure organizations provide comprehensive and responsive benefits support to employees which enhances satisfaction and understanding of their benefits.

Planning and Administering are Equally as Important

When an organization is moving quickly and does not have the dedicated capacity to take a thorough look at benefits, it is easy to only think of benefits planning as working with a broker to find medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees. With the increased competition for talent, the various benefits alternatives and supplements, and the growing demand from employees for wraparound support, benefits planning has become so much more than selecting health insurance packages.

Benefits planning is the process of evaluating lifestyle trends within an organization’s workforce to determine which combinations of traditional and nontraditional employee benefits will meet their needs, position them for achieving a better life through the organization, and ultimately motivate them to buy into the organization. Effective benefits planning considers benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, child care assistance, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, workers compensation, etc., and it structures them in ways that incentivize strong employee performance and loyalty.

Benefits administration involves the process of engaging with employees throughout the implementation of the benefits plan. This includes answering questions employees have about insurance and enrollment dates, retirement accounts, paid time off, maternity leave, and more. Organizations that have limited bandwidth can struggle to assist employees with their benefits and to answer inquiries within a timely manner. This unfortunately leads to employees feeling unheard or undervalued. Conversely, offering responsive and robust benefits administration through working with an HR outsourcing team like HRG for benefits administration boosts employee morale.

How Benefits Planning and Administration Works with HRG

When you engage HRG for benefits planning and administration, we assign an HRG consultant to your organization. They will assess your current benefits program to determine how employees perceive its value, how it compares to plans at other organizations in your industry, and how well it aligns with your organization’s goals and values.

Following the evaluation of your benefits program, our HRG consultant will make recommendations for short-term and long-term improvements. They will also begin to manage the administration of your current benefits program by providing support to your employees, answering questions, and launching a communications program that runs parallel with open enrollment. If your HR expert recommends shopping for new or more competitive benefits packages, they will work with our trusted benefits brokers to help you identify plans that would be best for your organization.

HRG’s benefits planning and administration service is designed to address your immediate needs, then build toward the future you envision. It is best for organizations that:

Are struggling to manage benefits effectively

Want to offer a more competitive benefits program

Are interested in offering innovative benefits

Want to improve operational cost efficiency

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Advantages of Benefits Planning and Administration

Working with HRG to design a valuable benefits program and to deliver responsive benefits administration will boost employee morale, show employees they are valued, secure top talent, and help retain key talent. When working with HRG for benefits planning and administration, your organization receives even more value than the above mentioned. Although our HR experts specialize in planning and implementing ideal benefit programs, they are also able to view your benefits plan as it relates to your organization’s overall operations and HR management. By outsourcing the complexities of your benefits planning and administrative responsibilities to HRG, your organization and leadership can return to focusing on core operations.

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Navigating any aspect of HR management can be complex, but we like to make it as simple as possible for you. Whether you are confident you need assistance with benefits planning and administration, or you are unsure where you need help, it all starts with a conversation. Schedule a call with one of our HRG consultants, and they will take it from there.

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