It’s that time of year again—preparation season for Open Enrollment. Cue dramatic music! Open Enrollment is one of the most stressful times of year for Human Resources and employee benefits teams. It means months of planning, preparation, communications, and a mile-long to do list.

Companies put a lot of effort into communicating benefits to employees during Open Enrollment. During this time, it’s important for employees to learn enough about their benefit options to make great decisions.

Twelve billion working days are lost every year due to depression and anxiety alone, based on numbers from the World Health Organization.

In an ideal world, employees would be offered a bounty of benefits to meet all their health and wellbeing needs—and employers would have an unlimited budget to make it happen!