Maximizing Employer-Provided Perks: A Guide to Your Benefits

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NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Understand employer-provided benefits, from dental and vision coverage to more unique perks like legal assistance. In the third and final episode of our special series on open enrollment, hosts Sean Pyles and Liz Weston discuss the various benefits that employers offer during open enrollment season aside from health insurance. Liz speaks with Amber Clayton (Society for Human Resource Management) about dental and vision coverage, long-term care insurance, pet insurance, legal assistance, adoption assistance, gym memberships, mental health benefits, and more. They offer tips for preparing for open enrollment and provide statistics on how common it is for certain benefits to be offered. In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: employer-provided benefits, benefits packages, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), open enrollment season, dental coverage, vision coverage, ACA Marketplace, healthcare.gov, supplemental coverage, long-term care options, gym memberships, mental health benefits, employee benefits, pet insurance, in-network providers, health insurance, dental and vision insurance, financial planning, legal assistance, employee assistance programs, financial wellness, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, student loan reimbursements, 529 plan payroll deductions, company swag, free snacks, matching charitable contributions, and employee retention and recruitment. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	Hello listeners, it's Sean with a quick announcement before we get into the show.
0:34.1	Today and this month, we're reprising a special series we brought you last year on
0:38.3	open enrollment. It was such a comprehensive look at all the decisions that people have to make at
0:43.8	this time of year that we decided to run it again. Our guest was my former and now retired co-hosts
0:49.3	Liz Weston. So she's back. Kind of. Anyway, thank you for listening and good luck with your open enrollment decisions.
1:09.9	Welcome to NerdWallets Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles.
1:13.6	And I'm Liz Weston.
1:14.9	This episode wraps up our nerdy deep dive into open enrollment season.
1:19.0	We've covered health, life, and disability insurance.
1:22.1	And today we're going to talk about the rest of the benefits you might be offered by your employer and how to decide
1:27.9	what to take advantage of. Yeah, we're going to talk about everything from legal assistance to
1:32.7	financial planning sessions to, yes, pet insurance. Pepper, Argus, and Ozzy are going to be
1:38.8	all ears for that segment, although I am skeptical that I can actually find a pet insurance policy that will cover
1:45.4	my 22-year-old leopard gecko. Maybe not, but you're talking to somebody who once took a $3
1:51.7	mouse and it's crying, seven-year-old owner, to a vet's emergency room in the middle of the night.
1:58.7	I know that you do what you must for the ones that you love
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