25 Strategies & Resources to Delight and Engage Remote Employees
Resources Geared Toward Working Parents:
- Parental Support Group and Forum
- Back-Up Childcare Services: In home, virtual and onsite options are available
- Caregiver Background Checks
- Parenting Toolkits: Workshops, Classes, and Resources to help parents navigate this year | We love Positive Parenting’s Solution’s Ultimate Survival Guide to an Unpredictable School Year
- Dependent Care FSA
- Perks for Employees’ Children, such as monthly fun learning kits tailored to specific ages, donated laptops for online learning, and online camps and classes
Resources That Appeal to All Employees:
- Technology and Office Furniture Stipend
- Employee Perk Marketplace: Provide a stipend for employees to select the benefit that most fits their needs
- In-home exercise and health equipment stipend
- Concierge Services
Ways to Offer Flexibility:
- Additional PTO
- Job Sharing
- Compressed Workweeks
Resources to Promote Comradery and Team Spirit:
- Helping Hands Emergency Fund: Company funds initial pool and employees can make additional contributions, or employees can apply for financial assistance due to hardship
- Virtual “Escape Room”
- Virtual Scavenger Hunt
- Costume Content: employees submit pictures of Halloween costumes to be included in company virtual photo book distributed to all employees; send candy to participants
Mental Health Resources:
- Promote Employee Assistance Program Resources
- Subscription to Mindfulness Mobile App
- Quiet Hours – No meetings scheduled during daily lunch break or on designated of the week
- “Mindfulness Mondays” – virtual mindfulness or yoga session
Strategies to Encourage a Return to the Office:
- Gift cards to restaurant located near office or in office complex
- Lunch orders through group ordering app
- Coffee breaks
- On-sight schoolhouse: create a “pod” environment in empty office space + teacher to oversee online learning
This List Features 25 Ideas for Working Parents, Families, and Individual Employees
Including a Few to Encourage a Return to Work!
For more details about any of these strategies or for help creating a benefits offering that is tailored to your employees’ current needs, contact:
