U.S. Companies Lacking in Benefits

We often ask ourselves in HR how our company policies and benefits measure up to those of other companies, especially our chief competitors. We have compensation and benefit surveys to provide us with this information. However, how much do you know about benefits provided by companies overseas?

You might be surprised to learn that the United States is still one of only a handful of countries that does not carry mandatory maternity or sick leave regulations within the workplace.

“The study, officially being issued Thursday, says workplace policies for families in the United States are weaker than those of all high-income countries and many middle- and low-income countries. Notably, it says the U.S. is one of only five countries out of 173 in the survey that does not guarantee some form of paid maternity leave.”

And this has recently been brought to the forefront again as politicians introduce new bills to reserve some of these rights within the American workplace.

Of course businesses are always free to implement these benefits to their employees, but there are no government mandates to do so as of yet. So keep these perks in mind as you try to entice the cream of the crop to join your organization.

Survey: U.S. workplace not family-oriented

Posted by Shelly Paul, Career Management Coordinator, The H.S. Group