Half of employers (49 percent) say they expect to add voluntary, employee-paid insurance benefits to their plans within the next year, according to a recent survey.
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The survey also found that all employers (99.6 percent) surveyed agree their employees need guidance and education to help them understand changes in their benefits program. However, only a quarter of employers (23 percent) believe their company's current benefits education efforts are very effective.
Colonial Life surveyed more than 750 human resource managers and benefits administrators at the annual conference of the Society for Human Resource Management in Las Vegas in July.
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Colonial Life