Jennifer Adams outlines for employers a different way of giving employees benefits.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, the number of people working from home in the UK has increased. With more employees now home-based, benefits-in-kind that are centred on the workplace are less attractive; but there is also the issue of fairness for those who, through their job role or domestic situations, need to be office-based.
Historically, where companies have offered fixed benefit packages, it is to all employees, irrespective of their individual needs or preferences. However, the rigidity of these packages often results in employees paying for benefits they do not use while lacking options that could significantly enhance their work-life balance, which may be the situation with many home-based employees in particular.
