Flexible benefits
Increasingly, employees expect to be able to tailor their employee benefits to suit their needs through their employee benefits platform.
Flexible benefits provide more control for your employees to choose the benefits that are right for them.
We provide a range of flexible benefits schemes as an advanced feature of our Salary Extras flexible benefits platform, and can even incorporate your existing benefits to help you create a flexible benefits offering that truly meets the needs of your team and your business.
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Benefits as flexible as your business
With Flexible Benefits, it’s not just the employer that has choice, employees have it too. Our Flexible Benefits tech gives you the power to give staff more choice and flexibility over their employee benefits.
More and more businesses are adopting flexible benefits platforms and technology to cater to increasing employee expectations for a more personalised employee benefits experience.
Flexible Benefits comes with a ton of advantages for both the employer and the employee and helps you provide the employee benefits that matter most to your team, easily and flexibly.
Employee benefits
- More choice of benefits employees can access
- Employees get to tailor their benefits to better suit them and their family
- Staff feel more valued and in control
- Employees get more value and benefit from their employee benefits.
Employer benefits
- Increased employee engagement
- Higher scheme take-up
- Supports recruitment and staff retention
- Reward employees more effectively.
Features of flexible benefits
Promotional material
As standard we provide all the benefits communications you need to educate employees about their employee benefits and cut through the noise effectively
A wide range of benefits
We provide the whole kit and caboodle of employee benefits and our flexible benefits tech makes introducing and optimising flexible benefits simple and easy.
Continuous innovation
As we continue to innovate, you’ll get access to all the latest new features and updates, so your flexible benefits platform is always up-to-date with changing needs of employees.
Reduced admin
Our Flex Benefits tech is designed to allow you to focus on the things that matter most, reducing admin and making processes and procedures seamless.
Advanced integration
As with all of our benefit platform options, Flex Benefits will integrate seamlessly with your wider benefit processes and HR systems.
Simple and easy to manage
Our Flex Benefits tech is designed to be quick and easy to navigate and use for both employers and employees.
Case Study: Blenheim & Pye
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Providing a tailored solution
No two companies are the same, and what works for one business won’t necessarily work for another.
We’ve developed bespoke solutions for many of the 2,000 businesses we provide employee benefits for internationally across not just flexible benefits but reward and recognition and other employee benefits and reward solutions too.
Whatever your requirements, get in touch to find out how we can develop a tailored flexible benefits solution for your business and your employees.
Flexible benefits FAQs
What are flexible benefits? How do they work?
Flexible benefits are a type of employee benefit that allow employees to essentially tailor their employee benefits to their needs. Employees are presented with a range of benefits and can take advantage of the ones that suit them and their families the most.
For more, read our guide on how flexible benefits work.
Why are flexible benefits important?
Flexible benefits are particularly important because now more than ever employees rightly expect their employee benefits package meets their needs.
With a diverse workforce with a range of different wants and needs, flexible benefits offer employers a way to provide something for everyone and ensure employees get the most from the benefit schemes on offer.
A more tailored and valuable employee benefits package could be just what your business needs to win the war for talent and to retain a strong team.
What should I include in my flexible benefits plan?
There’s no surprise that flexible benefits can be flexible not only for the employee but the employer too, with a wide range of flexible benefits schemes that can be incorporated into a flexible benefits plan.
Things like health cover including benefits like PMI, Dental Cover and Eyecare are often included, while pension contributions can also be ‘flexed’. Further cover including schemes like Critical Illness Cover and Travel Insurance can also be incorporated.
This just scratches the surface as there are many flexible benefit schemes that can be incorporated. For more information, get in touch and we’ll provide guidance on building the perfect flexible benefits plan for your business.
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How do flexible benefits motivate employees?
Flexible benefits can help solve problems for employees that may be inhibiting motivation.
For example, employees could have health worries or financial worries they’re dealing with that are affecting their overall wellbeing and thus they’re feeling less motivated.
There are many ways flexible benefits can do this. For more information, read our article on How flexible benefits can motivate employees.
What is a flexible benefits allowance?
A flexible benefits allowance is a monetary allowance employees are allocated which the employee themselves can then allocate towards the employee benefits they wish to take advantage of as part of their flexible benefits plan.
You can find out more about how this works in our article What should your flexible benefits allowance be?
Are flexible benefits taxable?
The tax treatment of flexible benefits can be complex and can depend on the specific flexible benefits scheme provided.
For more detailed information on this, get in touch and we’ll run through how your flexible benefits plan could work in regards to tax.
How do I set up a flexible benefits scheme?
Simply get in touch and we’ll handle the whole process for you, including setup, implementation and a whole host of other services to make the whole process as smooth as possible.
Latest flexible benefits resources
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