Benefits Management | Core HR

Summary of the Benefits Management Functionality:

The Benefits Management functions give your Human Resources and Payroll departments a powerful, flexible set of tools for defining, maintaining, tracking, comparing and reporting on employee benefit packages. Default plans can be defined for assignment to specific groups of employees upon entry into the system. These default plans allow the user to do mass changes and updates with little difficulty.

The system can track all of an employee's basic benefits, such as medical insurance, dental insurance, group life, and disability insurance, as well as tracking both employee and employer contributions to deferred benefits such as pensions, savings plans, and tax deferral plans. StarGarden's robust calculation screen allows for the definition of the most complex calculations without the use of cumbersome formulas or expensive customizations.

Features

  • Unlimited, user-defined benefit and deduction codes, summarization classes for earnings, benefits and deductions
  • Employee, employer and taxable benefit usages for each benefit code and level
  • Period minimums and maximums, annual capping, life-to-date capping and summary class capping
  • Employee deductions/employer contribution registers by benefit code
  • Vendor/carrier tapes interfaces, carrier premium reconciliation
  • Single entry change for group defaults affects all associated employees
  • Override capability at employee level for individual customization
  • Full employment and earnings history in detail (all years of employment)
  • On-line management of payments and balances

Benefits Management Overview

The Benefits Management functions in StarGarden 6 give Human Resources and Payroll departments a powerful, flexible set of tools for defining, maintaining, tracking, comparing, and reporting on employee benefit packages. Default plans can be defined for assignment to specific groups of employees upon entry into the system, allowing users to complete mass changes and updates with little difficulty. The system can track both employee and employer contributions to deferred benefits, such as pensions, savings plans, and tax deferral plans. StarGarden 6 also supports complex calculations without requiring cumbersome formulas or expensive customizations.

Key Capabilities

Benefits Management includes capabilities to support plan setup, contribution tracking, administration, and ongoing benefit management.

Configurable Benefit and Deduction Structures

Define benefit and deduction codes to reflect your organization’s actual plans, contribution structures, and policy requirements. StarGarden 6 supports and unlimited number of user-defined benefit and deduction codes, along with summarization classes for earnings, benefits, and deductions.

Employee, Employer, and Taxable Benefit Handling

Support employee, employer, and taxable benefit usages for each benefit code and level. This gives Human Resources and Payroll teams the flexibility to manage more complex benefit structures with greater accuracy.

Complex Benefit Calculations

Manage complex benefit calculations without relying on cumbersome formulas or expensive customizations. StarGarden 6 is designed to support detailed benefit rules in environments where simpler systems may force workarounds.

Limits, Capping, and Plan Controls

Apply period minimums and maximums, annual capping, life-to-date capping, and summary class capping to support consistent plan administration and stronger control over benefit rules.

Group Administration, Overrides, and Reconciliation

Assign default plans to employee groups to simplify setup and support efficient mass updates. The module also includes employee deduction and employer contribution registers, vendor and carrier interfaces, carrier premium reconciliation, and employee-level overrides where individual customization is required.

Online Enrolment, Balances, and History

Support ongoing administration with online benefit enrolment, management of payments and balances, and full employment and earnings history in detail. This helps teams maintain accurate records and manage benefits activity over time.

How Benefits Management Works

StarGarden 6 helps organizations manage benefits with a combination of configurable plan design, group-based administration, and ongoing benefit tracking. Benefit and deduction structures can be defined to reflect your organization’s plans, contribution requirements, and policy rules, while the module supports employee, employer, and taxable benefit usages by code and level.

Define Benefit Plans and Rules

Default plans can be assigned to specific groups of employees to support efficient setup and simpler mass updates. Where exceptions are needed, employee-level overrides allow individual customization without disrupting broader plan administration.

Apply Plans Across Employee Groups

The module also supports complex benefit calculations, along with period minimums and maximums, annual capping, life-to-date capping, and summary class capping, helping organizations apply benefit rules with greater consistency and control.

Manage Ongoing Benefit Activity

As benefit activity continues over time, StarGarden 6 supports employee deduction and employer contribution registers by benefit code, vendor and carrier interfaces, carrier premium reconciliation, online management of payments and balances, and online benefit enrolment. Full employment and earnings history is maintained in detail to support ongoing administration and review.

Full Connectivity Across StarGarden 6

Benefits Management is part of the bigger picture in StarGarden 6, connecting benefit administration to employee data, payroll processes, and workflow.

Core HR

As part of a connected employee record, Benefits Management works alongside employee records, positions, compensation, and accruals & balances within Core HR. That gives teams a more complete and actionable view of benefit administration in the context of the wider employee picture.

Payroll and Self- Service

Because benefits management is connected to day-to-day administration and StarGarden 6 is built as one integrated solution, Benefits Management also connects seamlessly with Payroll and Employee and Manager Self Service. This creates more consistent administration while extending relevant benefit information to employees and managers through self-service.

Workflow

As part of broader HR and Payroll processes StarGarden 6 also includes an embedded workflow toolset that can automate processes, route approvals, and align activity to the way your organization works. This helps place Benefits Management within broader HR and Payroll processes rather than treating it as a standalone task.

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