Family-friendly Benefits Help with Better Work-life Integration
Let’s face it — balance in life matters. Without it, you can feel unsettled and stressed. But with work-life integration, you’re able to be your best — for yourself and those who count on you. That’s why Purdue has a full suite of family-friendly benefits for you, as well as several programs and resources to help working families integrate the needs of both home and work.
In this email, you’ll find information on our work-life integration programs, including:
- Care@Work membership and discounted backup care
- Family-friendly benefits, including leaves, paid time off and flexible/remote work
- Childcare services and referrals
- Elder care support
- Mother and child benefits, including lactation support
We also help employees meet their diverse family care needs through Care@Work by Care.com. All employees have a free membership to this large online community where you can find short- and long-term care for children, seniors and even pets. Care@Work also helps employees find discounted backup care when they’re in a pinch. Register at purdue.care.com, or download the Care@Work mobile app (available on Google Play and the App Store) to request backup care
Purdue is proud to offer family-friendly benefits that help our employees meet today’s work-life demands. Our family-friendly benefits and practices include:
- Parental leave
- FMLA
- Bereavement leave
- Flexible and remote work arrangements
- Military leave
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Sick leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Sabbatical leave of absence
- Stopping tenure clock
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Vacation
- Unpaid leave
- Personal business days
- Paid holidays
- Autism coverage
- Lactation support program
- Employee discounts
More about Leaves, Time Off & Remote Work
Several personal leave types — vacation, personal business, bereavement, sick leave and more — are all part of your benefits package as a Purdue employee.
Additional Services & Referrals
- Free child care referral line
- Enhanced referrals available (for a fee) for those with special needs care
- Elder care information and resources
Prenatal Care
- Prenatal visits and care
- Covered by all Purdue medical plans
Lactation Support
- Lactation consultant during hospital (delivery) stay
- Help with questions/concerns regarding nursing
- Instructions on how to care for baby, including bathing, changing and feeding
Well-Child Care
- Well visits
- Covered by all Purdue medical plans
- Nurse coach 24/7
- “Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy” book
- Screening for depression or early delivery
- Free phone calls with pharmacists, nutritionists and specialists, if needed
- Resources for childcare, elder care, home repair, housing needs, education, pet care, adoption and more
- Provides beneficiaries with professional guidance
- Professional help in these areas
- Provides access to services when traveling more than 100 miles or more from home
- Available 24/7/365 for a variety of assistance
- Offers a depth of resources focused on education, planning and solutions for individuals with special needs and disabilities as well as their families and caregivers
- Offers you and your dependents four types of services (pre-trip information, emergency personal, medical assistance and emergency transportation) when traveling more than 100 miles from home
- Health insurance coverage for your pets, which can help cover your pet’s treatments, surgeries, lab fees, X-rays and much more
- Discounts on automotive and homeowners coverage, plus a wide range of other property and casualty insurance products
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