Employease To Provide On-Demand Communications And Decision Support Through Partnership With Enwisen

Business Wire, June 13, 2006

ATLANTA -- Embedded Knowledge Base And Decision Support Suite Will Provide Employease Customers With Seamless Self-Service Experience For Benefits And HR Transactions

E[acute accent]Employease, the leader in employee information management, announced today that it has partnered with Enwisen to embed Enwisen's AnswerSource Knowledge Center, the leading suite of on-demand HR communications solutions, into the Employease Network.

E[acute accent]End-to-End Benefits Self-Service

E[acute accent]The integration embeds Enwisen's HR and Benefits Communications, Decision Support Tools, and Total Rewards modules into the Employease Network. The seamless integration - accessed via single sign-on, allows Employease users to access a wide variety of benefits modeling, comparison and decision support tools. Joint customers are already leveraging the combined solution to:

E[acute accent]--Drive the right employees to the right benefit plans E[acute accent]--Increase satisfaction with - and adoption of - benefits options E[acute accent]--Provide on-demand self-service for both open enrollment and year-round benefits events E[acute accent]--Provide more consistent, accurate, and efficient communications to the workforce E[acute accent]--Execute health care cost containment initiatives E[acute accent]--Introduce major plan changes, such as consumer driven health plans E[acute accent]--Improve recruiting and retention

E[acute accent]"Employease is the market leader in redefining employee information management and Enwisen is the market leader in on-demand communication and decision support services," said Phil Fauver, chief executive officer of Employease. "Combining the innovation, service and flexibility of these two solutions empowers HR and benefits professionals to reduce costs, improve service to employees and focus on strategic programs that drive their organizations forward."

E[acute accent]The Importance of Tools

E[acute accent]The rising cost of healthcare and the need to improve service to employees are driving organizations towards greater consumerism in employee benefit plans. With more choices comes greater risk of confusion for employees and greater backend complexity for employers. E[acute accent]Employees need decision support assistance such as calculators and plan comparison tools to help them understand their options and choose the best plans for their families. Employers need tools that simplify the enrollment, administration and billing surrounding more complex benefit plans. E[acute accent]According to Wally Smith, Enwisen president and CEO, "The integration of Enwisen's knowledge and decision support suite into the Employease solutions is an ideal partnership. By integrating Employease's automation tools with our on-demand, 'in context' communications, employers will enjoy a seamless self-service experience that will save them money and help their employees become more informed benefits consumers."

E[acute accent]About Employease

E[acute accent]Employease(R), Inc. (www.employease.com) is helping companies redefine how they manage employee information to improve HR, benefits and payroll processes. Employease combines award-winning technology with a dynamic service center and a pioneering network to bring new levels of functionality, flexibility and connectivity to the market. By focusing on people, not paper, more than 1,500 organizations improve service to employees and managers and positively impact their bottom line using Employease.

E[acute accent]About Enwisen

E[acute accent]Enwisen is the leading provider of on-demand HR, Benefits and Total Rewards communications solutions for employees, managers and HR professionals. Enwisen was the first vendor to provide HR communications tools in a web-based, "software-as-a-service" model - making these rapidly deployed solutions affordable for companies of all sizes and across all industries. Customers include Yahoo!, MemorialCare Health Services, DHL, Zions Bank, MasterBrand, W.L. Gore and many others. For more information, visit Enwisen on the web at www.enwisen.com.