Providing cost-effective benefit plans that protect and improve health requires optimizing costs while maintaining a focus on employee wellbeing. This interview brings us a discussion between Norman Dreger, Partner and CEO of Mercer Germany, and Amy Laverock, Mercer Marsh Benefits Global Strategic Initiatives and Solutions Leader discussing:
- The role of employee benefits programs play in supporting the employee retention, engagement, and employee wellbeing.
- The uncertainty that COVID-19 has brought to medical trend rates, and increased risks to cost containment efforts and employee health.
- The three main strategies for employee benefit cost management that balance cost and empathy to provide benefits that are valuable to both employees and the company.