PennyGem’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us about some employee benefits you may not have heard of.
Category
📚
LearningTranscript
00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 An important part of your job compensation
00:05 includes not just salary, but benefits.
00:08 After having weathered a pandemic,
00:10 here are some benefits that may be a priority for you.
00:13 As HuffPost highlights,
00:14 some companies are offering expanded benefits
00:16 for caregivers.
00:17 Nearly one in four employees had to leave the workforce
00:20 to become a caregiver,
00:21 which disproportionately affected women of color.
00:24 Caregiving benefits can help retain employees,
00:27 as can the option to work from home permanently.
00:29 As Indeed says, many health plans
00:31 include mental health coverage.
00:33 That can be appointments with mental health practitioners,
00:36 therapy, counseling, and prescription coverage.
00:39 Some employers also offer student loan repayment.
00:42 This can be a very desirable benefit,
00:44 especially for recent grads who are facing debt
00:46 as they enter the workforce.
00:48 Many are suffering from long COVID.
00:50 As the CDC explains,
00:52 this is when those who have had COVID
00:54 do not completely heal
00:55 and continue to experience lingering symptoms
00:57 like fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog,
01:00 sleep problems, and many others.
01:03 Employers can help by offering job-protected leave
01:06 and disability for long-haul COVID sufferers.
01:08 With the boom in online learning,
01:10 you may want to take a course to improve your skills.
01:13 Many employers offer paid allowances
01:15 for those who want to develop professionally
01:17 and help the company grow.
01:19 (upbeat music)