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Engaging with employees can be difficult, and the routine, repetitive manner of barraging workers with nagging emails doesnt quite seem to do the trick. But some employers are taking different tactics, such as text messaging, to enhance employee-employer engagement.
Health Net, a California-based health benefit administrator, has recently took on the initiative of using text messages to entice employee to get annual flu shots.
Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.
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