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Enrollment:

How a paperless process saves time,

eliminates errors and increases

employee satisfaction.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................... 3

A Successful Open Enrollment Period ................................... 3

The Paperless Trend ................................................................. 4

Problems With Paper ................................................................ 4

Employees as Benefits Customers .......................................... 5

Automating Open Enrollment ................................................ 6

Benefits of Web-based Online Enrollment ............................. 7

What to Look for in an Online Enrollment Solution ............ 8

Going “Green” with Open Enrollment .................................. 10

References................................................................................... 11

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Introduction

If effective

communication is

lacking, employee

benefit selections

can be inadequate,

and create

The traditional open enrollment period is a time consuming process

that places a temporary, yet significant, burden on an organization’s

human resources (HR) department. Although some companies have

more than one open enrollment period each calendar or fiscal year,

most businesses schedule a single annual event, often in the fall

Open enrollment provides employees the opportunity to evaluate

benefits such as health care, retirement and flexible spending plans

− and make changes to their elections. For the employer, open...