BeneTrac Announces New Software Enhancements That Directly Address HR and Benefits Administrator Needs

San Diego, CA – Hawthorne Benefit Technologies, Inc., also known as BeneTrac (http://www.benetrac.com), a provider of powerful, web-based electronic enrollment and employee benefits administration software, today announced several enhancements to its interactive benefits management software. The new features give HR managers and benefits administrators the ability to obtain employee agreement on company policies, electronically communicate important announcements, simplify open enrollment tracking, ensure the collection of incomplete information and utilize interactive reports online.
“We are serious about listening to HR managers and making sure their needs are the basis of the ever expanding services provided by BeneTrac,” said Brian Daley, vice president of technology for BeneTrac. “We took on an initiative in the first two quarters of 2005 to deliver time saving features that go beyond merely solving the riddle of providing paperless enrollment. Our goal is to deliver efficiencies that other online enrollment systems cannot match. These features are the latest results of this initiative.” BeneTrac developed the new features based on input from its HR manager customers, including its Enrollment Cleanup feature, which was suggested in part by HR Benefits Officer Mercedes Nazy of Community Bank.
About the Enrollment Cleanup feature that ensures the collection of incomplete information before employees finalize their enrollments, Mercedes said, “The Enrollment Cleanup feature solved a big problem for us…saving our department valuable time.”
“BeneTrac has always been very agile and accommodating when responding to our customer's needs for technology and services,” said Michael House, vice president of product development for BeneTrac. “These HR driven product enhancement requests support our strategic objectives. The recent features we have released are evidence of the collaborative goals we share with our clients,” he added.
Other new features, currently available at no additional charge, include:
• Custom Group Agreements – gives HR the ability to require employees to accept non-disclosure and other company policies before proceeding in the system.
• Enroll Tracking – gives HR even more control to monitor and manage the status of new hires and employees in open enrollment, allowing them to track individuals during all stages of the enrollment process. Allows HR to mark and send reminders to employees about important deadlines and requirements.
• News Updates – enables HR to display customized news pages—such as welcome messages, updates on benefits changes, etc.—to employees when they log on to the system.
• Interactive HTML Reporting – puts actively linked reports at HR’s fingertips, giving them the ability to see the big picture, as well as to drill down to review and manage all aspects of an employee’s benefits.
These new features are available to all BeneTrac users immediately and at no additional cost.

About BeneTrac
BeneTrac (also known as Hawthorne Benefit Technologies, Inc.) is a provider of powerful, web-based electronic enrollment and employee benefits administration software. The company’s online benefit management solution, available exclusively through insurance brokers and benefits consultants, enables employers and human resources professionals to eliminate paperwork and automate management of their complete benefits packages through a single, customized portal. BeneTrac’s one-stop-shop platform for automatically adding, updating, electronically exchanging, assessing and managing information capitalizes on relationships with more than 400 carriers. Leaders in software engineering, group insurance and human resources, the experts at BeneTrac are dedicated to offering a robust, affordable, user-friendly system that simplifies benefits administration. For more information, please visit www.benetrac.com.
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