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The Importance of a Benefits Strategy With the intense competition for talent in the labor market, it is not only crucial to ensure that employee compensation is competitive with the current prevailing wage rates. It is also critical to ensure that employee benefits are similarly competitive. This means not only expanding employee benefits but ensuring that they match what employees are looking for. In order to do this, employers must engage with current and prospective employees to gain an understanding of what benefits are attractive to workers. Regular Updates The benefits employees are looking for are not set in stone; instead, they are constantly changing and fluctuating as their needs and wants change. As a result, it is critical to ensure that the benefits you offer are capable of changing and matching what employees are looking for. A few ways to keep up to date include: Focus Groups: One tactic to achieve this is to form employee focus groups to gain feedback on the benefits employees are looking for most, including paid leave, retirement, healthcare, and wellness benefits. Employee Surveys: You could perform surveys to ask employees to rank how satisfied they are with their current benefits and what could be done to make them better. This could include asking them what benefits they wouldn't mind being dropped and what benefits they would like to see added. Track Usage: By tracking usage, you can see what benefits employees use most and which receive the least enrollment. Group-Specific Benefits Not all employees are in the same stages of life and, in many cases, have significantly different wants and needs. Younger employees often may not be as interested in health and retirement-oriented benefits, but these may be exactly the kind that older workers are looking for. To provide employees with benefits that are relevant to them, an employer could tailor distinct benefits to different groups. To do this, an employer must gain an understanding of employees on a far smaller level, and one way to do this is through employee resource groups. However, this can be a far more intensive project that may not be right for every employer. What employers should ensure is that their benefits packages are keeping pace with industry trends among their similarly sized and situated peers. Take Action Once employees start providing feedback, they will be looking for a response from their employer. This means that once the process of updating benefits begins, employers must be committed to acting. One good way to help decide what benefits may be worth upgrading or adding is to develop a structure for considering them. Developing a means to consider how changes may address issues or affect retention as well as performing a cost-benefit analysis may help to decide what benefits are worth any additional costs they may add and how much they add to employees' wellbeing. Employer Takeaways The important thing to remember with employee benefits is that it is never one-size-fits-all. Instead, employees' needs are distinct and ever-changing, and to retain employees and remain competitive in labor, employers must strive to keep up to date with employee and candidate wants and needs. In addition, Pre-employ offers resources to help employers stay compliant and incorporate fair chance hiring practices. To learn more, download our free resource 5 Tips To Avoid FCRA Non-Compliance Source

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