What does an HR Benefits employee do?

Answer 1

Benefit administrators explain, summarize, and publish material which describes to employees their rights and obligations under their benefit plans (healthcare, life insurance, 401 (k) plans, workes compensation). Benefit administrators handle grievances, take suggestions, and act as intermediaries between benefits providers and employees. Benefits employees spend their time on the telephone, either with providers or clients, explaining procedures and getting information, writing, reading, and researching reports. Benefits administration is one outcropping of the corporate culture it supports; many who enter the industry with the belief that employee benefits should help the employee at any cost are rudely awakened. Decisions on benefits are made in the context of this corporate culture, particularly with an eye to the bottom line. Benefits administration is a way of providing employees with support, a safety net, and advice on investments, but any decisions that help the employees should help the company as well. Administrators must have a strong sense of self and an ability to explain benefits plans clearly. “Expect to be blamed for everything from the client not filling out their forms properly to a rude pharmacist,” said one seven-year veteran. Balanced delicately between the clients and the providers, benefits administrators prove good targets for dissatisfied members of either side. This was cited as the largest downside of the profession, and may contribute to the number of administrators who leave the field between years three and six (nearly 35 percent). But this frustration is frequently offset by the general sense of helpfulness that benefits administrators feel in offering people options, educating them about their plans, and helping them through a confusing and intimidating healthcare system.

Answer 2

They are the ones who have to tell the employees that the benefits they thought they had they don't because the company had to make cut backs at the employees cost!!!

Answer 3

Since I did this for years, I can easily answer this question.

You'll be dealing with employees at all levels of the company, offering presentations of the benefit plans, obtaining the appropriate forms, keeping track of who is in which plan, possibly submitting information to payroll, helping people figure out their claims (usually medical), notifying people when the plans change and dealing with a lot of maintenance of premium payments.

Answer 4

hr is human resources-with my employer, he/she is responsible for things related to employment,absence,sickness,discpline,testing,etc