While employees' top preference to learn about voluntary benefits is on their own through information sent by their employer, the next most preferred communication method is to speak with someone in person.

With the abundance of technology service providers vying for your employer clients' attention, making decisions using bad data or alluring sales propositions can leave employers vulnerable. Payroll vendors, enrollment and benefits-administration platform providers and billing services promise cost-effective, efficient and effective solutions to ease an employer's pain points. It's not to say that these technologies will or will not deliver what they promise, but an important element in the decision-making process must be the preferences of employees.

Bonnie Brazzell and Nick Rockwell, Eastbridge Consulting Group, Bonnie Brazzell and Nick Rockwell, Eastbridge Consulting Group, Inc.

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