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by Lynda Zugec How to Offer an Attractive Benefits Package without 2015 Issue 2 | GearedUp A 28 s indicated by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in their 2015 Employee Benefits Research Report,“employer's benefits continue to be an important part of the employee value proposition. With salary growth remaining slow, employers need to both ensure their benefits are keeping up with those being offered by other companies; and that the value of those benefits are being communicated effectively.” The same report indicated that “within the last 12 months, the majority of organizations have offered the same amount (58 percent) of employer-sponsored benefits or have increased (35 percent) the number of bene