Fertility for free? Justworks and Kindbody offer solutions

FERTILITY BENEFITS: Justworks , an HR tool that helps small businesses manage their payroll, compliance and benefits, has teamed up with Kindbody , a fertility clinic network and family-building benefits provider to provide any Justworks employer client (who uses Aetna and UnitedHealthcare) with complimentary access to Kindbody's services. At no extra cost to employers, over 130,000 workers and their dependents will have access to discounted fertility assessments, fertility preservation, in vitro fertilization, donor and surrogacy services and adoption assistance.?

"We want to make the choice of staying with a small business easier for employees," says Lina (Dorkhman) Choudhary , group product manager of benefits at Justworks.?"You should be able to work for a startup, help it grow and do things you're passionate about without sacrificing the quality and breadth of your benefits package."

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GIG ECONOMY: Forty-two percent of delivery and rideshare drivers are considering leaving gig work within the next 12 months due to low or unpredictable earnings, lack of benefits, and the high cost of performing the work, according to a survey by payroll company Everee and the Restaurant Marketing Delivery Association, a nonprofit that advocates for local and regional?delivery companies.

Forty percent of drivers are working less due to high gas prices, while 38% find themselves working more to try to combat the rising costs. Nearly half of these workers report picking up multiple jobs to make ends meet. Seventy-six percent are living paycheck to paycheck, yet 45% have turned down a new gig because of a lengthy onboarding process, and 42% have turned down work because of the time it will take them to receive their wage.?

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COMPENSATION: Checkr, Inc. , a background screening company for employers, ranked 100 of the largest cities in the U.S., scoring each locale based on factors like the unemployment rate, labor force growth, job openings, percentage of households making more than $200,000 and average 10-year income growth. Notably, Nashville, Austin and San Jose, California, made it to the top three for job opportunities and?earning potential .

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