Did you know about the best ways to promote family-friendly benefits to your employees on your HR Knowledgebase portal?
Family-related programs help employees to balance work and family responsibilities across all life stages. Some are for parents. Others benefit those of any family member status.
40% of employees prefer family-friendly benefits and perquisites. Three out of four employers claim them as key strategies to promote retention and attract new talent.
Promoting Family-friendly Benefits
Broadcast your organization’s traditional benefits and unique perquisites for family members on your HR Knowledgebase portal.
Strategies follow.
For the Home Page
Add posts and links to family-friendly programs and tools to one or more widgets on your HR Knowledgebase Home page.
Employees will see them as soon as they login.
Family Widget
Promote your organization’s unique family-friendly perks with a custom Family widget on your Knowledgebase Home page.
Your custom Family widget can include:
- An image
- Introductory text
- Links to family-friendly benefits & perquisites
Your new Family widget can be stand-alone or point to a custom Family main (landing) page.
Benefits Content
Include family-related benefit plans to one or more commonly-used landing pages and add (or update) their detailed information to custom authored pages and benefit plans.
- Custom “Family” main page
- Dental plans (authored)
- EAP plan (authored)
- Family-friendly perquisite uploads (.pdf, Word, etc.)
- Family-related custom benefit content pages
- FSA Dependent Care plan (authored)
- FSA Health Care plan (authored)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) plan (authored)
- Insurance plans (authored)
- Life insurance plan (authored)
- Long Term Care (LTC) insurance plan (authored)
- Medical care plans (authored)
- Pre-paid legal plan (authored)
- Vision care plans (authored)
“Learn About” Content Pages
These pre-authored benefits information pages include the following family-related content:
Learn About: Dental Programs:
- Dependent Away from Home
- Family with Children
- Orthodontia
- Student Coverage
Learn About: Life Insurance:
Learn About: Medical Programs:
- A Dependent Living Away from Home
- A Family with Children
- An Individual Using Mental Health Services
- An Individual with Chronic Health Issues
- Geographic Restrictions
- Maternity / Family Planning
- Student / Dependent Coverage
For examples of the "Learn About" pages' content, refer to the V11 KB: "Learn About" Content Pages document.
Federal Programs Page
This specialty landing page includes links to pre-authored government benefits-related content pages relevant to families:
Additional links specific to your organization can be added to the Federal Programs page.
For examples of the Federal Programs main page and content, refer to the V11 KB: About the Federal Programs Page document.
Life Events
These pre-authored pages feature “canned content” pertaining to families’ needs and concerns.
- Adoption
- Advance Directives
- Change Your Deductions
- Death of a Loved One
- Domestic Partnership
- Financial Power of Attorney
- Grieving
- Having a Baby
- Make Changes to Benefits
- Separation & Divorce
- Survivor Benefits
- Update Your Will
For samples of the Life Events main page and widget, the primary and secondary Life Events content, and a list of the configurable options, refer to the V11 KB: About Life Events document.
FSA Dependent Care Calculator
Parents can use the FSA Dependent Care Calculator to:
- Figure dependent care costs for the calendar year
- Determine the amount of pre-tax dollars to contribute to a dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) per pay period
Entries that pertain specifically to families include:
- Child day care center or in-home care
- After-school child care
- Pre-school or nursery school
- Summer day camp
- Elderly or disabled day care center or in-home care
For an example of the FSA Dependent Care Calculator, please see V11 KB: About the FSA Dependent Care Calculator.
FSA Health Care Calculator
Plan participants can estimate how much they will save in annual taxes by paying for health, dental and vision care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
Expense criteria include:
- Medical, dental, vision deductible and copays
- Medical expenses not covered by your health plan
- Prescription expenses not covered by your health plan
- Dental/orthopedic care expenses not covered by your health plan
- Vision care expenses not covered by your vision plan
- Medical equipment and other non-reimbursed medical expenses
Pay periods and taxes:
- Pay periods per year
- Federal tax bracket
Results include:
- Deduction per pay period
- Estimated annual tax savings
For an example of the FSA Health Care Calculator, please see V11 KB: About the FSA Health Care Calculator.
For questions or more information, contact your HRSD Customer Success Manager.
