Five steps to overcome barriers to employee engagement

You’ve overcome barriers to ensure your employees keep working. Now discover how to overcome the barriers to keep them engaged, through open enrollment and beyond.

Companies are clearly investing in their employee benefit plans. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, private industry employers spent an average of $34.72 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2019. Of that, benefits costs averaged $10.37, or nearly 30 percent of total compensation.

But it might not be as clear how much value these companies, let alone their employees, are getting out of them, due to disengaged employees.  And it’s costing them dearly – in high claims and low participation, lost productivity, and missed recruitment, retention, and growth opportunities.

Barriers on the road to employee engagement
The road to employee engagement is full of barriers. These include behavioral barriers that stem from an employee’s feelings and beliefs and environmental barriers that stem from structural aspects ingrained in an organization. Employees are often making important healthcare decisions without proper information or context, negatively impacting their own wellbeing and employer bottom line.

Fortunately, you, as employee benefit decision makers, are in a position to help. And with open enrollment upon us, there’s no time like the present.

Watch the video – HealthFitness Directors, Program Management and Engagement Leah Fidler and Suzanne Jacobs
Watch Leah Fidler and Suzanne Jacobs, directors, program management and engagement, with HealthFitness, a Trustmark company, as they share five steps to overcome barriers to employee engagement.  

Read our white paper, Through Engagement to Action: A Wellbeing Roadmap.
At Trustmark, we developed a roadmap that includes a deeper dive into what Leah and Suzanne cover. It comes down to building a plan from the employee’s perspective – putting them at the heart of the benefits plan to remove barriers, provide timely, credible information, make the right actions easy, spur healthy behaviors, and encourage ongoing participation in a seamless well-being journey.

Read our white paper, Through Engagement to Action: A Wellbeing Roadmap.

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Let us know how we can help
With smarter benefits, a longer-term strategic approach and a caring, personalized service that builds trust and drives greater employee engagement, Trustmark offers employee benefits that go beyond the expected.

We’d appreciate the opportunity to show you what that looks like.