title: Building a culture of personal benefits responsibility.
abstract: Successfully having employees take personal responsibility for their benefits plans requires going beyond the rapid rollout of new benefit plan designs; it requires employers to invest in understanding the complexity of their workforce. This article reviews the evolution of benefit plans and what has arisen as the current state of employee benefits. It then discusses steps employers can take to build a successful total benefit strategy that recognizes the importance of the emerging workforce's racial, ethnic and cultural diversity.
authors.affiliation: Hewitt, USA.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiles
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics*; D003657:Decision Making; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D020402:Medical Savings Accounts; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010559:Personnel Management; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States