There is never enough inspiration for non-financial employee benefits. That is why the human resources consulting company Mercer published an interesting infographic showing examples of unusual benefits from different countries. Which one would you like the most?
Hungary
An increasingly popular benefit is called MKB SZÉP Card, which is an electronic purse to pay in local hotels, restaurants and also for some leisure activities. Employers can deduct it from their taxes.
Nigeria
In Africa, the most popular benefits are those that help employees improve their lifestyle. In Nigeria, for example, employers buy their people home electricity generators and their maintenance.
Australia
Extra vacation days are most popular here. Employees gain them for their loyalty to their employers. Every five years with one employer mean an extra month's leave.
Britain
Employees in the UK prefer to enjoy benefits associated with care for their appearance. Such benefits cover a wide range of beauty treatments from hairdressing to wrinkle smoothing.
China
Chinese companies support their employees by several free days for weddings. Mostly, it is three days. However, if an engaged couple is in the so-called mature age (23 years for women and 25 years for men), they obtain other few extra vacations days after the wedding.
France
French have chosen to try the way of business support. An employee who have worked for one employer for two years mayy apply for 12 months of unpaid leave to start his/her own business. After this period, he/she can return to the original work.
Greece
Widowed employees and other single parents with children under the age of 12 year, are entitled to extra six days of paid vacation. In the case of three or more children, it is eight days per year.
Portugal
Portuguese support weddings even better than Chinese. They are entitled to 15 consecutive days of paid vacation for the wedding. In addition, they are entitled to a leave of 15 to 30 days to care for their loved ones.
Sweden
Collective agreements guarantee the Swedes a day off to celebrate their fiftieth birthday, weddings and doctor visits.
These findings are based on an international study by Mercer called 2012 Worldwide Benefit & Employment Guidelines which examined employee benefits in 62 countries.
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