Benefits for the Future
by Commonwealth
Leveraging my background in emergency savings and financial wellness, I have helped shape and execute a multi-year initiative to support millions of hourly workers with employee benefits for financial stability and mobility
Activities
Employee Benefits Research, Advisory Council Engagement, Issue Brief Writing, Corporate HR Executive Partnership Development
Outcome
Partnerships with large employers piloting intentional financial wellness benefits for hourly workers
Issue Area
Employee Benefits for Hourly Workers
Geography
National, with a place-based focus on Chicago and Columbus
Length
2+ years
When nonprofit Commonwealth was envisioning a multi-year initiative to improve the financial health of 2.5 million workers earning low-to-moderate incomes through intentional employee benefits, they brought me onboard to lay the groundwork for the project. With my previous experience in emergency savings and financial wellness, I could support their team as a generalist to bring an early-stage initiative to life.
To start, I conducted issue-based landscape analysis, early partner development, and initial project planning. As the project has continued through a rapidly changing policy environment, I have supported the team through employer benefits research, HR corporate executive partnership development, Advisory Council engagement, and overall strategy work.
Specifically, I helped write the first long-form brief establishing Commonwealth’s point of view on intentional employee benefits that support retirement savings for workers living on low-to-moderate incomes. Read the brief here.
In this brief, we highlight student debt retirement match, 529s, health savings accounts. employee ownership, employee stock purchase plans, and tax-time support.