Benefits and leave

Benefits are the second largest people cost after salary and the one employees judge most directly. people:compensation-and-leveling covers pay bands and leveling; this covers everything else in the package.

Benefits and leave are heavily regulated and jurisdiction-specific — in the United States, ERISA, COBRA, ACA, FMLA and their state equivalents, with state family-leave and sick-leave laws differing substantially. Plan design and administration need a qualified benefits broker or employment counsel. This structures the decisions and names what to ask.

Design for what people actually value

Benefits budgets are routinely spent on things that survey well and are used rarely, while the things people quietly need are underfunded.