Navigating the complexities of open enrollment can be daunting for HR administrators and employees, but UKG Open Enrollment simplifies this by providing a seamless, intuitive platform for benefits selection and management.
With comprehensive tools designed to enhance transparency and user experience, UKG streamlines the enrollment process, ensuring employees can make informed decisions about their benefits throughout each new plan year.
This article discusses the critical features of UKG Open Enrollment, highlighting how it empowers employees to take control of their benefits, fosters a more engaged and satisfied workforce, and reduces administrative burden.
Understanding the UKG Ready Benefits Platform
UKG Ready Benefits provides a comprehensive benefits administration platform designed to empower employees to plan, monitor, administer, and control benefit offerings in one place. It provides a mobile-friendly experience that facilitates more efficient enrollment processes by allowing UKG Pro users to view and manage benefits profiles and elections anytime, anywhere.
Organizations can improve the employee experience by leveraging UKG Benefits to:
- Create comprehensive plan rules for age, eligibility, banding, and waiting periods
- Monitor coverage levels associated with specific units or pricing objectives
- Customize electronic forms for additional benefits plan data
- Utilize SmartForms when EDI files are not accepted
- Access employee self-service tools to review and compare enrollments and contributions
- Conduct continuous data monitoring for any updates or changes
- Leverage passive enrollment capabilities for automatic enrollment in the same benefits
New Features to Streamline Open Enrollment
Benefits Cards
Access a comprehensive view of all Benefit Plan details, such as plan documents, provider information, and other key comparison features. Select both coverage levels and plans as needed.
Benefits Summary Card
Update benefits selections to reflect pricing, view benefits selections and total cost breakdowns, and improve visibility into the total costs of the selected plans.
You and Your Family
Review details for family benefits packages, select coverage for each beneficiary included on the page, and add new dependents as needed.
Key Advantages for Employees and HR Professionals
- Connectivity: Deliver benefits data directly to health, financial, and other benefits carriers through secure and automatic connectivity. Leverage SmartForms to auto-populate digitized forms and send them to carriers to eliminate manual key-in enrollments.
- Administration: Streamline the benefits administration process by assigning plan profiles to employees and automating workflows and notifications. Improve control over deduction amounts, enrollment dates, and other eligibility data.
- Engagement: Empower employees to manage their own benefits elections, compare plans, and navigate benefit profiles as needed. Enhance employee engagement by allowing them to manage their individual and family plans throughout the open enrollment season.
How Can We Help?
Whether you need help outlining plans for a new UKG Pro or Ready implementation project, additional support navigating integrations between systems, or just an extra hand optimizing core workforce resources throughout the UKG open enrollment process, Surety Systems has you covered.
Our senior-level UKG consultants have the skills and experience to understand your critical project needs and augment your internal team, ensuring continuous improvement and success over time.
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For more information about our UKG consulting services or to get connected with our team of expert consultants, contact us today.