Employee Benefits Communication.

Nine of 10 HR managers polled by Colonial Life feel that employees have at least a vague notion that benefits are a valuable part of working at a company.

Nevertheless, the same study found that only 21 percent of those employers believed their staff members had a strong understanding of the workings of their own benefits.  and 5 percent believed that their staff members didn’t know anything about their benefit choices.

Implication –  the greater emphasis placed on staff member education, the more likely staff members understand the role of benefits in sum compensation.