Are your benefits programs in your workplace culturally competent? Do they meet a variety of needs and backgrounds? For seasonal, temporary and permanent year-round employees, which of the following do you have?
- College-credit internship programs in a wide variety of fields
- Health insurance that includes mental health coverage and domestic partner benefits
- Diversity trainings
- International festivals and other ways the organization celebrates diversity
- Floating holiday leave that allows employees one to two days to celebrate the holidays of their choosing
- Acceptance of modern variations in professional appearance across the organization (e.g. the IT department gets to wear jeans)
- Child care assistance and maternity and paternity leave
- Sabbatical leave for long-time employees
Even if some of these benefits do not apply to a particular employee (i.e., a temporary or seasonal employee), knowing that the organization has considered the cultural needs of its staff overall may assure employeees that they have found a great place for them to work.
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