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Companies are offering specialized benefits to workers, from no-cost paths to degrees to fertility care stipends.
Here’s a look at some of the numbers making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
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The cost of college degrees for all full- and part-time employees of Best Buy in the U.S., per a company announcement. The consumer electronics retailer said employees will have immediate access to the program on their first day of employment.
28%
The gap in students who have an aptitude for health science but don’t have interest in it, according to college and career readiness platform YouScience. Likewise, there’s a 24% gap in students with a knack for information and technology but who have no reported interest.
62%
The percentage of private sector workers who say they consider their student loan debt before accepting a job offer, according to a report from MissionSquare Research Institute. For public sector employees, that number drops to 56%.
$300,000
The amount Grindr will offer workers over five years to cover adoption, surrogacy and fertility treatments, the company said. The benefit is available to anyone who has been with the company for 18 months.
More than $1.4 million
The amount a major hotel and resort in Guam agreed to pay to settle allegations the company provided non-Japanese employees with less favorable wages, benefits and terms of employment than workers from Japan in similar or subordinate positions, per the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas said anti-American national origin discrimination is one of her priorities.
