Kerstin Brunner

Rethinking employee benefits

As the person responsible for HR in your company, you face the challenge of offering attractive benefits to position your company appealingly for both current and prospective employees.

Company benefits can go beyond bike leasing, fruit baskets, and company pension schemes.

• Many employees have personal concerns, such as caregiving situations within the family (children, their own parents, or other relatives).
• They often don't know enough about what payments they can expect in retirement. This uncertainty causes a lot of stress for many people.
• They worry about how to relieve their relatives. Whether it's for a caregiving situation, securing decision-making power through legal documents (like a power of attorney, advance directive, and will), or dealing with issues like digital legacy (this sets out how digital data should be handled after death. In my view, this is a topic that is becoming ever more important.)
• Emotions often come into play in these situations, and because of poor preparation they usually don't get the space they need, which makes difficult scenarios even more complex. Good preparation can help relieve employees.
• Another very important topic for SMEs and large corporations is international specialists. Here I provide support primarily in sharing knowledge about social security contributions, the pension system, and planning for the financial future in Germany.

In efforts to balance family and career and to empower women in companies, I speak at firms on the following topics:

• How to manage your digital legacy
• Power of attorney, advance directive & organ donor card
• How to arrange your own funeral while you're still alive
• Getting started with retirement planning: How well prepared am I for retirement?
• Retirement planning for women
• Money Mindset / Empowerment

I offer the following formats:

• 45-60 minute talks + follow-up discussion
• Thematic workshops of 120-180 minutes
• Thematic training sessions (half-day or full-day)

As a company, you can choose from existing topics and tailor your employees' training individually to their needs.

Here's what my clients say: "Our employees feel financially empowered – we feel it throughout the entire team." – Sandra, HR Manager at a medium-sized company

With my training formats, your employees can clarify important and nagging questions and find the right solutions. This makes them much more focused and relaxed for their daily tasks in your company.