Industry Trends

A flexible benefit plan restructures salary into components like HRA, LTA, meal vouchers, and reimbursements to reduce taxable income. Here is how it works.

Employer-paid gym memberships and wellness apps are taxed as perquisites unless structured through an insurance rider or workplace facility. Here is how it works.

An EAP is a confidential support service offered by employers covering mental health, legal, financial, and personal challenges. Here is how it works.

Expat employees at a GCC in India need international health cover, emergency evacuation, group life, and cross-border coordination. Here is what to include.

GCCs are not legally required to match HQ-country benefits in India, but most large GCCs mirror parent standards on health, mental health, and parental leave.

GCCs offer higher health cover, formal EAP, and parent-company equity. Startups offer more concentrated ESOP grants and leaner benefit stacks.

GCCs in India typically offer higher-sum-insured health cover, mental health support, parental leave, wellness stipends, and access to parent-company equity.

Understand the new labour codes in India with this concise guide for employers. Key reforms, impact on workers, and what organisations should prioritise now.

Global benefits can’t be copy-pasted. Learn how companies balance a global floor with local voices to build care that works from London to Bengaluru.

Read our interview with Dr Anirudh Anilkumar to understand what you need to look for in your health reports.