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Omar Quintero· Compensation Consultant, Cardinal Insurance
Asked in Benefits & Wellbeing ·
Which benefits should casual and part-time store staff get from day one?
Australian retailer with about 5,200 employees, of whom 3,400 are part-time or casual in stores and average under 20 hours a week. Our benefits were designed around the 900 people in head office and distribution management. Store staff get the statutory superannuation, a staff discount and little else.
Turnover in stores is 54% a year and exit interviews mention feeling like second-class employees. I have a modest budget, roughly 250 dollars per store employee per year, and a mandate to make it count.
What have others found hourly and part-time staff actually value, as opposed to what head office assumes they value?
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Accepted answer· by Ulla Iversen
With 250 dollars a head I would not spread it thinly across five things. We put nearly all of ours into two: a hardship fund that pays grants of up to 1,000 dollars within 48 hours with no repayment, and a free virtual GP service extended to the employee's household. The hardship fund paid 310 grants in its first year across 2,900 staff, and turnover among recipients was less than half the store average. The GP service is used by 27% of store staff, far higher than head office. Both are available from the first shift, which matters when half your people leave within a year.
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