Blog 6 - Health care benefits as a Human Resource Issue

Healthcare as a Human Resource Issue 

A human resource issue which many companies have to content with this year and for the next several years is the challenge of proving quality health care for their employees. 

In the last decade many companies met the challenges of a global economy by quickly following suit and joining the outsource trends set forth by many competitors. A little more than a decade and companies are beginning to remedy the aftershocks employee loyalty, and brand image.

Healthcare cost  have risen to more than double of what they once were, in some cases triple. Here in America employees have been sold on the fact that they are in control of their own heath care needs. And thus have to now spent more of their equal share in paying for those benefits. All the while there’s been a shift in congress and at the senate level towards legislation favoring health care reform, and thus creatively providing opportunities towards a society where all can have quality care. 

While democrats and republicans battle the responsibility of this issue, who will ensure we do not leave a significant segment of the workforce without an opportunity for quality care.

As companies begin to consider the rebuilding of loyalty from their employees by providing compensation plans that meet the needs families, legislation is sure to put up new barriers for many human resource departments as consideration is given towards the sharing of cost of expensive heath care benefits. This dilemma  is just beginning to be realized by many growing companies.

Imagine being a young family desiring to have kids and you have a choice between working for a company offering day-care, and quality health care to go along with that young family versus facing one that offers no benefits at all.