BENEFITS
IRS survey of benefits and allowances
The top five benefits and allowances offerings in 2009 are revealed in new survey by Industrial Relations Services. According to IRS, the most popular benefit offered by respondent organisations is childcare vouchers, available in three-quarters of companies.
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The full top five list is as follows:
Childcare vouchers: 74% of organisations
Mileage allowance: 71%
Private medical insurance: 68%
Counselling service or employee assistance programme: 63%
Long-service awards: 63%.
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The research is based on a survey of 288 organisations and is published in four parts.
Part 1: Benefits and allowances 2009: Survey overview
IRS Employment Review 923, 12 June 2009
Overview of the findings:
Childcare vouchers
Flexible benefits
Voluntary benefits
Salary-sacrifice benefits
Changes to benefits
Survey details
Table 1: Benefits and allowances offered by 288 organisations
Table 2: Most common benefits in a flexible benefits scheme.
Part 2: Health benefits and allowances
IRS Employment Review 924, 26 June 2009
Focuses on health-related benefits such as private medical insurance and employee assistance programmes:
Private medical insurance
Counselling and employee assistance programmes
Permanent health insurance
Optical benefits
Healthcare cash plans
Health screening
Dental insurance
Subsidised gym membership
Attendance allowance/bonus
Other health-related benefits
Table 1: Health-related benefits offered by employers.
Part 3: Travel and subsistence benefits
IRS Employment Review 925, 10 July 2009
Examines travel and subsistence benefits:
Company cars
Car allowances
Mileage allowances: Company car mileage rates; Personal car mileage rates; Bicycle mileage rates
Car parking benefits
Loans for travel
Subsistence benefits: Breakfast allowances; Lunch allowances; Tea allowances; Dinner allowances; Overnight stays
Other subsistence benefits
Chart 1: Travel and subsistence benefits.
Part 4: Childcare, pensions and other benefits
IRS Employment Review 926, 24 July 2009
Looks at childcare benefits, long-service awards, pension provision, staff discounts and other ad hoc benefits:
Childcare benefits
Long-service awards: Monetary awards for long service; Gifts for long service
Pension provision: Final-salary pensions; Money-purchase pensions; Stakeholder pensions
Staff discounts
Other benefits and allowances
Chart 1: Childcare, long-service and other benefits and pensions.
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