FAQs (WorkLife - Employer)

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1. Why should my company sign up for WorkLife?

   WorkLife helps your employees and your bottom line. Each year, employers lose close to $33.6 billion due to absenteeism relating to an employee's aging parents or a loved one who has been injured or disabled. Additionally, employers lose close to $4 billion each year due to employee conflicts surrounding childcare. WorkLife Eldercare & Childcare Coaching provides professional support and direct access to location-specific resources that makes it easier for your employees to find care they can trust and count on. By reducing stress, WorkLife makes it easier for your employees to concentrate on their job when they are at work rather than being distracted by family concerns.

2. What other kinds of benefits can WorkLife provide?

   Aside from employee peace of mind, WorkLife offers Health Risk Assessment (HR) and WellBalanced Health Coaching. It is clearly demonstrated that health promotion programs improve employee wellbeing, reduces sick days, and provides a significant return on investment ranging from 3:1 to 5:1 or higher.

3. How will a WorkLife Eldercare consultant help my employees?

   Our Eldercare consultants provide information and resources about housing and care options for seniors as well as caregiver support, Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance options. We can also recommend elder law attorneys to assist with estate planning and other legal matters, contractors to implement home modifications and pre-qualified for assistive devices. Additionally, we are experts in the field of Alzheimer's and Dementia and other chronic elder conditions.

4. How will a Sound Options Child and Family consultant help my employees?

   Our Child and Family consultants help your employees by providing information and resources about child care options, infant and child development, parenting strategies, services for children with special needs, summer camps, mental health and substance abuse issues in children and adolescents, and volunteer opportunities for teenagers.

5. How will a WorkLife WellBalanced coach help my employees?

   Our Health Risk Assessment (HRA) and WellBalanced health coach helps your employees assess and understand health risks associated with diet, exercise, weight, and underlying chronic conditions. Their coach will guide them in making changes that mitigate these risks and provide information and resource, including employee-specific exercise routines, weight-loss and nutritional menus, motivation and tools for measuring progress toward achieving individual wellness goals.

6. Will I be able to track employee usage of the WorkLife programs?

   Depending on the plan you sign up for, we will provide you with either monthly or quarterly aggregate information that clearly shows how many employees have used each of our consulting services, the types of resources they sought, and what we provided. Employers who subscribe to WellBalanced will also receive cumulative information about the lifestyle changes your employees have achieved in the areas of weight, diet, and exercise.

7. Will Sound Options work with employers and employees to promote the use of these benefits?

   Yes. We work closely with HR and Benefits Management to provide e-flyers and other promotional materials that increase awareness of these valuable programs. Our WorkLife staff is available to participate in company employee health and benefit fairs. Additionally, we can provide ad-hoc seminars on a variety of timely topics surrounding elder care, child development, parenting, and wellness.

8. How much does it cost to add WorkLife benefits to our benefits package?

   The costs for WorkLife are quoted on an individual basis and are determined by a number of factors including employee count and previous WorkLife benefit utilization statistics, if available. Please contact us directly for a quote.