{"id":550,"date":"2020-10-17T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping.local\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=550"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:35:15","slug":"what-is-benefits-management","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-benefits-management\/","title":{"rendered":"What is benefits management?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is benefits management?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is benefits management?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-benefits-management\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits management is the specialist discipline of HR that plans and delivers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/employee-benefits-guide\/\">employee benefits<\/a> within an organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employee benefits are extra compensation or perks given by an employer to a worker on top of their wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An appealing benefits package can help attract and retain employees and enhance the employer\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why focused benefits management can influence company performance by motivating the best people to join \u2013 and stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies may offer a wide range of different types of benefits, giving employees various options at different levels and even allowing them to pick and choose the benefits that match their own priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employee benefits can be small perks, such as free coffee in the office, an annual Christmas party or a subsidised canteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or they can include the likes of a company car, private healthcare, pension schemes, enhanced parental leave, insurance, share options, employee share schemes and interest free season ticket loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellbeing benefits are currently a popular focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible employers want to help their people maintain a healthy work-life balance and look after themselves physically and mentally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsidised or free gym memberships, massage, counselling, dentistry, maternity services, life coaching, podiatry and personal training are just a few examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits management is the specialist discipline of HR that plans and delivers employee benefits within an organisation. Employee benefits are extra compensation or perks given by an employer to a worker on top of their wages. An appealing benefits package can help attract and retain employees and enhance the employer\u2019s reputation. 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