Have kids? 3 employee benefits making life a little easier

ON-SITE CHILD CARE: Ten years before Melissa (Harris) Giambalvo even had children, the on-site child care option offered by her employer, pharmaceutical firm 勃林格殷格翰 , was a selling point to her accepting the job.?The Apple Blossom Learning Center is owned and operated by the company and managed and staffed by KinderCare Learning Companies . Having a child care facility just steps away is great for all working parents, Giambalvo says, but is especially valuable for new parents transitioning back to work.

"You don't have to pretend like your family doesn't exist between the hours of nine and five," says Giambalvo. "And you know every morning that your children are safe, that they are being cared for and that they are as close as they can possibly be."?

Read more about KinderCare's Apple Blossom Learning Center: KinderCare's on-site child care center helps parents at this pharmaceutical firm thrive

HSAS: Tax season is in full swing, and your employees are looking for ways to reduce their tax liability or maximize their refund. Yet, while most people are familiar with tax-saving tactics like claiming charitable donations, mortgage interest, and child care expenses, your employees may be missing a simple way to save an estimated 30% (depending on their tax bracket), by using a health savings account (HSA) to pay for common, everyday health needs.?

If your company offers a qualifying high-deductible plan and an HSA, take time to educate employees about how this tax-advantaged account allows them to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible health-related expenses, to fund and reimburse themselves for past eligible expenses, or to save for future healthcare needs.

As tax time approaches, here are three ways employees can use their HSA to reduce their tax liability and support their health: 3 tips to help employees reduce taxes with an HSA

FINANCIAL WELLNESS: Teaching kids to make wise decisions with money is a top priority for working parents, but it doesn't always come easy. To help parents and their kids establish healthier money habits early on, Rego , a digital wallet platform, offers tools and guidelines around credit card usage and other financial literacy topics. Their app links to a family's bank account and allows parents to choose how much their child can spend and where they're allowed to use the card, among other features.?

"Kids tend to get a lot of their information from sources that you cannot control as a parent, and it makes it very hard to give them the right education and the right guardrails to make sure they're doing the right thing," says Robert Mancini, chief revenue officer at Rego. "The [Rego] app has to be opened and managed through a parent, and when they have the control, they can start instilling those values."?

Is the app right for your family? Check it out here: Make financial literacy a family affair with this digital wallet platform