Employee Education Benefits
Lifetime Benefits Solutions will support you in helping employees reach their financial and educational goals while increasing workplace engagement. Many employers are faced with a post-pandemic retention issue. Experts are predicting turnover, that would typically take two years, to come all at once. Now, more than ever, it's imperative to attract and retain employees.
was the average student loan debt according to the Department of Education.
For employees, with tuition and student loan debt continuing to rise, benefits that address these concerns will continue to gain value with current and prospective employees. Offering Employee Education Programs is imperative in today’s competitive market.
LBS can help:
- take away the administrative burden from you, so that
you can focus on your core duties. - measure the impact of your programs and demonstrate a true return.
- differentiate your benefit offerings.
What we offer
LBS will create or administer your employee education benefit program - built to your needs.
Tuition Reimbursement Program
LBS acts as a third-party administrator to support your company’s tuition reimbursement program,freeing up more time for you to spend elsewhere.
Student Loan Repayment
Make regular contributions to employee student loans with a program that is easy to manage.
Benjamin Franklin once said:
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
Though the sentiment still rings true today, it’s the students who are
now paying the interest, and often at great costs.
Four reasons why you should offer Employee Education Benefits
Fits all Sizes and Budgets
There’s a solution for every budget. Employers are often hesitant to add programs as they are deemed too expensive. There are many options to create a student loan or tuition reimbursement program that not only works for your employees but also for your bottom line.
Your Competitors are doing it
Don’t lose out on good talent because of benefits. Employers are developing innovative programs to help ease the financial burden of education – and prospective employees are taking notice of that in their overall benefits package. Just over half of US employers provide tuition assistance or tuition reimbursement programs.
Financial Wellbeing = Happy Employees
Having a student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement option, or other type of financial wellness program added to the benefits offerings will help give your employee’s peace of mind at work. Both employers and employees have reported higher satisfaction with their benefit plans when financial wellness is offered. Helping your employees with their financial concerns will not only help reduce their financial burden, but you’ll be reducing their stress and anxiety and increasing their focus and productivity at work, leading to healthier, happier employees.
Tax Deduction
Education benefits can also be affordable for employers. When administered properly, benefits that cover educational costs can be tax-free for the employee and remain a business deduction for the organization.
Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment
Providing an Employee Education Benefit helps employees pay for continuing their education. Tuition assistance allows for the flexibility of employees to continue their education.
Tuition reimbursement benefits require that employees pay the cost of their tuition initially and the employer reimburses all or part of the tuition. Once the employee completes their courses with an adequate GPA, the employer will reimburse them for a portion of the tuition cost. With student loan repayment, the employer helps to pay existing student loans their employee may have.
- Ease your administrative burden by letting LBS manage the company’s program
- Reward a more skilled and educated workforce
- Customizable program that works with LBS’s suite of products
- The LBS360 team supports you at every step of the way
- User-friendly administrative platform for easy access to detailed analytics on
participation and outcomes, so you can track program success
Tax-free for the employee
The CARES Act temporarily expanded educational assistance that employers may offer under an educational assistance program, tax-free, to include student loan reimbursement until January 1, 2026.
We do all the work, you take all the credit
Lifetime Benefit solutions offers administration and management of your Tuition Reimbursement Program and/or Student Loan Repayment Program.
If you already have a program in place or are looking to implement one, we provide trusted, expert advice and administration to ease the burden and maintenance of employee education benefit options.
Standard Plan Design
Employer defines the Program
Employee Satisfies the Program Requirements
LBS Coordinates Payment
Contact your dedicated Lifetime Benefit Solutions Sales Executive today, or request a quote.
These materials are for informational purposes only. Federal and state laws may vary with respect to the legal and/or tax requirements for tuition/student loan reimbursement. Please consult with your own legal counsel and/or tax advisor for the legal and/or tax requirements that may apply to you or your employees.