Question

Consider the benefits and services that your current (or former) employer offers. More than likely, your employer offers sick leave and vacation time, paid holidays, health care, a retirement plan, and perhaps dental and vision care. So, based on the wide array of benefits and services, what other benefits and services do you believe your employer should offer, that it currently does not, and why? If you were given 30 minutes to make your case to your CEO, what would be the top five benefits and services that the company should include in the overall benefits package (for example, on-site child care or a wellness program), and what is your rationale; that is, how would both you, the employee, and the employer benefit? Recognize that benefits cost money to create and administer; how will the benefits translate into a 'profit center'? Finally, recognize that your employer already offers legally required benefits--don't include those in your discussion.

Answer 1

A wellness program could be suggested to the CEO with the following five benefits and services

Employee health program – Obesity and diabetics are the major health problems of individuals. In order to ensure healthier employees, it is suggested to establish or allocate space for doing mind relaxation exercises, physical exercises etc to lose weight and control their diabetic levels. This could be included as a part of corporate well being

Nutritious meal program – Employees could be offered free nutritious food as lunch on an optional basis to ensure their physical health and show genuine care in their lifestyle, health and productivity in the workplace

Education – Employees could be encouraged to enrol in higher education and companies could fund the employee higher education after particular years of service with the organization

Secured transport – Employees are given free cab services transport by companies and as an additional measure, companies could enhance the security of the employees by appointing reliable cab drivers ensuring safe travel

Health Insurance – Employees could be offered health insurance plan covering their entire families increasing the protection cover and showing genuine interest on the employee and their family to develop an engaged employee in the long run

These are the top five suggestions to the CEO

These benefits could translate into benefits for the employer in retaining the employees and controlling the attrition rates considerably in the company reducing the staffing costs. The above benefits could improve the productivity of the employees and help develop a sense of family environment among the employees with trusting the organization to help them out of crisis and protect their family. The feeling of organizational citizenship could develop among the employees as a result of the implementation of the following benefits transforming the employee into an engaged employee and making the organization a profitable