Employee benefit packages are crucial means of enticing and compensating workers. Without them, organizations couldn't leverage their operational resources and networks of contacts into worker rewards and would instead have to rely just on the cash they had on hand. This would lead to situations in which only the largest companies would ever be able to entice worthwhile applicants.
However, no benefits package is worth anything at all to workers who don't understand what they have at their disposal. Employee benefits need to be carefully explained to personnel so that they can be adequately invested in and manipulated. Otherwise, there's no sense in wasting the money on employees that aren't going to take full advantage of the ways in which they're compensated.
However, simply sitting workers down and telling them what they're receiving with every paycheck may not be enough. One of the best ways to make savings and benefits clear is by producing itemized paychecks or package statements. That way, staff members can understand the dollar amounts that are being saved or provided to them by their employers. Meet with an employee benefit consultant to be sure that benefits are properly chosen, itemized and subsequently offered to workers.
