Benefitfocus’ Platform Manages Workforce Transition from First Hire to Re-hire

As companies face the growing scale of layoffs, Colleague Transition Services enhance Benefitplace™ total solution for employers

Benefitfocus, a technology platform provider enabling rapid innovation for employers, health plans and consumers, announces “Colleague Transition Services” as a new core competency in its Benefitplace™ total employer solution. This latest offering enhances the company’s total solution approach, which helps employers eliminate manual tasks and automate end-to-end benefits administration, from onboarding and administration to offboarding and rehiring.

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With the growing scale of company layoffs, in some instances affecting tens of thousands of workers at a single company, managing the offboarding process with empathy and maintaining relationships with former employees is critical. This is especially true when the economy improves and companies’ focus shifts to rehiring workers impacted by layoffs. This latest offering by Benefitfocus provides employers with new capabilities to help displaced workers connect to vetted, hot job leads, career support and additional employment resources.

A key component of these transition services is a digital “Colleague for Life” community – an interactive online portal where employers create customized outreach programs to communicate with and support displaced workers. Employers can activate the Colleague for Life portal to preserve a network of talent for contract work or rehiring as business conditions improve. For former employees, they can take advantage of job placement services, job referrals and other career support tools and resources.

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“We believe that many employers are purposefully planning for a comeback and they want to maintain a meaningful connection with their former employees. They want to help them through their current career transition and rehire them, if possible, when conditions change,” said Benefitfocus President and CEO Ray August. “As part of our ongoing mission to connect people to the benefits that improve their lives, we’ve created Colleague Transition Services to help employers provide timely and empathetic support to their valued colleagues in their moment of greatest need.”

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