Employee Benefits You May Not Know About

   ​You may have focused on salary when considering taking your current job or looking at a new opportunity.  Don’t forget; your time, flexibility, health and sanity are also currencies that you should be focused on earning.   Many employers offer benefits that you may already have and can easily take advantage of, at little or no cost.
 
1. Mental Health Benefits Life is stressful in general, not to mention adding a little pandemic into the mix.  You may have mental health benefits that you are not aware of.  Often Employee Assistance Plans offer free counseling sessions to employees. If going to a counselor is not your thing, some health plans are even adding mental health and meditation apps. Mental health provider Lyra Health just announced it is adding the Calm app to their benefit offerings to help manage the added stress. Make self-care a priority and check out what your employer may already be offering you.
 
 
2. Healthcare The most desired benefit is healthcare.
Take a look at what your company offers, and consider adding benefits like life insurance, critical illness, and disability. Some health plans will even pay for all or part of the cost of fitness classes and memberships.
 
3. Health Savings Accounts Health Savings Accounts are for health care costs and you don’t pay taxes on the amount you contribute, invest, or spend.
 
4. Student Loan Help Still paying your student loan or want to go back to school?
Your employer may have student loan or tuition assistance. 
 

Set up an appointment with your human resources representative or point of contact for benefits. You may already have some amazing opportunities to drastically improve your life that you don’t even know about.