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Small Business Employee Benefits — Without Increasing Your Costs

Offer meaningful, employee-paid benefits while simplifying HR, enrollment, and administration with one modern platform.

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Better Employee Benefits for Small Businesses

Better Employee Benefits for Small Businesses_

If you’re a small business owner, offering competitive employee benefits can feel expensive and complicated. That’s where voluntary benefits and modern HR technology come in.

Through voluntary benefit solutions offered in partnership with carriers such as Colonial Life, employers can strengthen their benefits package without increasing payroll costs.

That’s why precision matters.

Key factors that impact insurance accuracy include:

  • Offer valuable employee benefits at no direct cost to your business
  • Improve employee satisfaction and retention
  • Simplify HR and open enrollment
  • Give your team access to benefits they actually understand and us

Wheeler & Taylor approaches benefits the same way we approach insurance: with a structured, consultative process designed to align coverage and offerings with real-world needs — leveraging trusted providers like Colonial Life to ensure employees have access to reliable, high-quality options.

Why Businesses Are Adding Voluntary Benefits

No Cost
To Employer

Offer a stronger benefits package without increasing payroll expenses.

Better
Employee Protection

Help employees handle unexpected medical costs, injuries, or illness.

Increased
Retention & Satisfaction

Employees value benefits they understand and can actually use.

Flexible
for Any Workforce

Works for small teams, growing companies, and multi-location businesses.

A Smarter Approach to Benefits Enrollment

We don’t just offer benefits, we make sure your employees actually understand and use them.

🟦 Personalized Education

  • Targeted email campaigns that simplify complex benefits
  • Easy-to-navigate digital resource hubs
  • Custom benefits landing pages for employees
  • Step-by-step enrollment guidance and walkthroughs
  • Ongoing reminders to drive participation and clarity

🟩 1-on-1 Support

  • In-person enrollment and education sessions
  • Virtual consultations for remote or hybrid teams
  • Dedicated phone support for employee questions
  • Personalized guidance based on individual needs
  • Real-time help to reduce enrollment errors and confusion

🟨 Proven Results

  • 84% report improved understanding of benefits
  • 76% report higher satisfaction with their benefits experience
  • Higher enrollment completion rates across groups
  • Reduced HR workload during enrollment periods
  • Stronger employee confidence in benefit decisions

Simplify Open Enrollment for Your Business

Simplify Open Enrollment for Your Business

Managing open enrollment shouldn’t feel like a chaotic rush of forms, questions, and last-minute changes. When voluntary benefits are delivered through structured carrier partnerships such as Colonial Life, the entire process becomes more organized, transparent, and easier for both employees and HR teams.

  • With a properly structured voluntary benefits platform:
  • All benefits are displayed in one place
  • Employees can enroll, waive, or update coverage
  • HR gains full visibility into participation
  • Support is available in-person, online, or by phone

Whether your workforce is in-person, remote, or hybrid, we provide scalable support that adapts to your organization’s needs. The result is a smoother enrollment experience, stronger employee engagement, and more efficient benefits administration year after year.

Experience You Can Rely On

Decades of experience supporting employers with voluntary benefits solutions, enrollment strategies, and employee education programs that help simplify complex decisions and improve outcomes.

Supporting businesses for over 75 years with voluntary benefits expertise and proven enrollment strategies

Serving 90,000+ organizations nationwide across industries of all sizes and workforce structures

Protecting employees and families through understandable benefit solutions delivered in partnership with carriers like Colonial Life

Thousands of trained benefits counselors delivering personalized guidance during enrollment and beyond

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to help you understand coverage, pricing, and how our quoting process works.

Voluntary benefits are optional, employee-paid insurance products that supplement traditional health coverage and provide financial protection.

No. These benefits are typically paid by employees through payroll deductions.

Yes. Voluntary benefits allow small businesses to offer a strong benefits package without increasing overhead.

It’s a cloud-based system that combines employee benefits, enrollment, onboarding, and HR management into one place.

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Offer better employee benefits, improve retention, and simplify HR—all without increasing your costs.

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