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Here you'll find a range of health and wellness benefits top employers offer. To learn more about each area, download the complete Guide to Family-Friendly Workplaces in Florida.

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Health Insurance and Wellness Benefits

Health benefits can include health and dental insurance, as well as on-site wellness centers, on-site fitness centers, subsidies for joining a gym, and/or health- and fitness-oriented programs for employees’ children or spouses.

Benefits to Employers¹

• Reduces payroll taxes and workers’ compensation premiums, and employer contributions are tax- deductible
• Improves recruitment
• Increases retention, reducing turnover costs

Benefits to Children²

• Improves health through increased access to health care, including primary care, dental care, needed health care services, mental health care, prescriptions, preventive care, treatment for chronic conditions, and prenatal care (for mothers)

Benefits to Parents/Families³

• Improves health through increased access to health care, including greater access to primary care, preventive screenings, ambulatory care, prescription medications, and chronic disease care; greater medication adherence; and higher rates of diagnosis
• Reduces depression
• Improves self-reported health
• Improves family economic security

Flexible Spending Accounts

A Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) is a pretax benefit account that employees put money into and can be used to pay for certain out-of-pocket health care costs, tax-free. A Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) or dependent care reimbursement account is a pretax benefit account used to pay for eligible dependent care services, such as child care, preschool, and before-or after-school programs.

Benefits to Employers⁴

• Increases productivity 
• Reduces payroll taxes
• Improves recruitment
• Increases retention, reducing turnover costs 
• Eases administration
• Improves morale

Benefits to Children⁵

• Increases health through increased access to health care, including primary care, dental care, needed healthcare services, mental health care, prescriptions, preventive care, treatment for chronic conditions, prenatal care (for mothers)

Benefits to Parents/Families⁶

• Increases health through increased access to health care, including primary care, dental care, needed healthcare services, mental health care, prescriptions, preventive care, treatment for chronic conditions, prenatal care (for mothers)
• Reduces depression
• Improves self-reported health
• Improves family economic security through reduced out-of-pocket medical costs from using pre-tax dollars
• Improves health

Often, employees who do not sign up for a flexible spending account or dependent care account do not participate because they are confused about the benefit or unaware of it. 

Footnotes

1. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.
2. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.
3. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.
4. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.
5. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.
6. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. “The Research Basis for Family-Friendly Workplaces.” June 14, 2018. https://files.familyforwardnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NCECF_FFNCpolicyfactsheet-061418.pdf.