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What are voluntary benefits?

WEX Inc.

Voluntary benefits give employees the opportunity to further customize their benefits package to meet their personal needs. And they serve as an excellent cost-effective recruitment and retention tool for employers as they look for ways to improve their benefits offerings.

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Making Your Voluntary Benefits Program a Success

InterWest Insurance Services

Both employers and employees have much to gain from a solid voluntary benefits program. For employers, offering a range of voluntary insurance products can help increase employee satisfaction – along with loyalty and morale – and make the business more competitive in attracting and retaining the best talent.

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Voluntary benefits: A guide for your first-time enrollees

WEX Inc.

When it comes to navigating the world of employee benefits, there's a lot to take in, especially if you're a first-timer. Among the suite of benefits you’re likely to be offered, voluntary benefits are often misunderstood. Check out our other first-timer series blog posts on health plans and employee benefits.

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What is supplemental life insurance and how can it improve your employee benefits package?

Higginbotham

What is supplemental life insurance? It’s a type of life insurance policy that’s often available through work and provides additional coverage. What is supplemental life insurance? Supplemental life insurance fills in coverage gaps and provides additional life insurance coverage.

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Importance of Employee Benefit Package And Why it Matters

HR Digest

A strong employee benefit package can go a long way. Employer benefits package is key to attracting and retaining top talent. Employee benefits have become an essential part of any competitive compensation package. What do you want to achieve with the employee benefit package 2.

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Flexible Benefit Plans Give Employees More Options

InterWest Insurance Services

One way you can give your staff more choice in the employee benefits they receive is to offer them a cafeteria plan, which allows them to put together a benefits package that works best for them. Employers fund these flexible benefit plans with funds that are deducted from their employees’ salaries on a pre-tax basis.

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10 most popular employee benefits and perks

Higginbotham

Job Market Report, two in three job seekers agree that workplace benefits are more important to them now than they were before the pandemic, and 80 percent think that employers need to reevaluate their benefits package. Additionally, 54 percent would consider taking a job that paid less if the benefits were better.