It's an interesting topic, particularly as it relates to employers being women/family-friendly. How do you feel about parental leave, for instance?
Of course, this is a benefit that's within your control: just get a partner/dependent! And the flip side is that even individual employees might value knowing that the company "has your back" as your family situation changes.
Or, more bluntly, your company has to offer disparate benefits, because other employers do, and no employee with a family would work for your company otherwise.
Of course, all this masks the REAL problem that employers and healthcare are so intertwined. Even this article puts some of the blame on employers, when really it's the healthcare companies and the overall rising cost of care.
Of course, this is a benefit that's within your control: just get a partner/dependent! And the flip side is that even individual employees might value knowing that the company "has your back" as your family situation changes.
Or, more bluntly, your company has to offer disparate benefits, because other employers do, and no employee with a family would work for your company otherwise.
Of course, all this masks the REAL problem that employers and healthcare are so intertwined. Even this article puts some of the blame on employers, when really it's the healthcare companies and the overall rising cost of care.