Describes the benefits that are provided to full-time employees of the organization during the reporting period.
Employment Benefits (OI2742)
- Reporting Format Text
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2020. Employment Benefits (OI2742). v5.1.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote eligibility requirements for different types of benefits and the number of employees who enroll in each benefit offering. See usage guidance for further information.
Usage Guidance
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Benefits can be offered directly by the organization or by regional governmental programs in the region of operations. Examples of types of benefits to footnote are included below.
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Typical benefits provided to employees include health insurance, dental insurance, disability coverage, life insurance, maternity/paternity leave, paid time off, retirement provisions, stock ownership, and others.
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Some organizations also offer supplementary benefits, which organizations are encouraged to report if they provide. These may include onsite childcare, offsite subsidized childcare, counseling services, education subsidies, and others.
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Examples of additional details to footnote include: which of these benefits, if any, are provided to full-time employees with a minimum tenure at the organization versus which are provided to all full-time employees; which of these benefits, if any, are provided to salaried versus non-salaried employees; other relevant details about eligibility requirements; information on what percentage of eligible employees participate in each benefit offering.
Impact Categories & Themes
Cross Category
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
SDG Goals & Targets
Good Health and Well-being
- SDG Target 3.c
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.6
- SDG Target 8.8
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
Metric History
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January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
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May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
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March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released (current version)
Material change. Metric definition language and reporting format modified to maintain consistency with changes to IRIS structure.
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March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
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November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
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February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
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September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Material change. Employment Benefits (OI2742) replaced Healthcare Benefits (OE11). Metric modified to increase information base beyond health care.
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September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Healthcare Benefits (OE11) developed via Original IRIS Working Group.