Flipkart employees get new facility: Choose benefits you want

NEW DELHI: E-commerce major Flipkart has introduced a new flexible benefits policy under which its employees can customise their benefits package based on their individual needs as part of the salary package. The new employee benefit package, called FlexBen policy, will offer greater flexibility and choice in selecting and funding employee benefits, the company said.

“The FlexBen program is universal and inclusive as it provides benefits coverage equally to all employees. For example, through this plan we offer coverage for LGBT couples, choice of additional childcare or parent care coverage and more options for single employees,” Flipkart’s chief human resources officer Smriti Krishna Singh said in a statement.

Walmart-owned Flipkart is making the transition from a fixed one-size-fits-all approach to a flexible approach in terms of employee benefits, allowing them a choice in designing their own benefits package, which also include multiple enhanced benefits covering surrogacy, mental well-being, gender reassignment surgery, etc.