Lidl Lietuva invests in the health of employees – 28% is allocated for additional health insurance. more than last year Business
“Employees are happy with the added benefits of health insurance, but it is not enough to offer them alone. It is necessary to constantly update the provided insurance package and take care of its relevance. For example, since the beginning of this year, we have been reimbursing part of the optics and dentistry services to the members of the team, ”says Sandra Savickienė, Member of the Company’s Board and Chief of Staff.
S. Savickienė continues that three years ago in Lithuania, most information technology, telecommunications companies and banks offered health insurance to their employees. As a result, the decision in this practice and for all members of the Lidl Lietuva team revealed one of the main strategic goals of the retail chain and the concern for the physical and emotional health of employees has been established.
Supplementary employee health insurance is becoming increasingly popular
According to Simonas Lisauskas, Director of the Business Clients Department of Lietuvos Draudimas, health insurance, although available earlier, became especially popular during quarantine – then we all started to take even more care of our father. Having health insurance allows you to get medical help much faster, which has also become very relevant during a pandemic.
As competition in the labor market grows, additional health insurance is included, much more attention is paid to the attention of potential employees, and more and more employers are choosing this benefit, especially to attract better employees.
Two years ago, not only large companies in Lithuania, but also medium-sized businesses began to pay more and more attention to the health of their employees – until then, there was little investment in the health of their employees.
“If in the past it was possible to consider company cars or compensatory telecommunication services provided to employees of a certain labor market standard, the changing needs of employees force the entire work system to change. People working or looking for work are increasingly prioritizing the health money offered by employers, including more health insurance. This is evidenced by a few percent each year the growing health insurance market, ”says S. Lisauskas.
The most popular are consultations from medical specialists
Employees are exposed to the dangers of supplementary health insurance, both the company and the people who work for it. This allows the business to work more smoothly and the confidence of the employees, and the employees can immediately turn to the necessary medical specialists and be able to get qualified help faster – as soon as they feel the ailment.
“Consultations of the above-mentioned doctors – the most popular health insurance service for several years in a row, the most popular of non-outpatient services to cover the costs of insurance or food supplements purchased in pharmacies, but the additional health insurance benefits do not end here. If necessary, employees can reimburse the costs of dental treatment and oral hygiene, preventive examinations and vaccinations, massages, physiotherapy, vision correction operations, spectacles and other expenses, ”says S. Lisauskas.
Lidl Lietuva also reimburses the costs of similar services to its employees. Ms. Savickienė says that every quarter of this year, the company’s employees used health insurance much more actively than in previous quarters – the amount of benefits increased by more than 70 percent. The most popular health insurance service for Lidl sales employees is outpatient treatment, followed by various additional medical and dental services and inpatient treatment.
It also takes care of the emotional well-being of employees
According to S. Lisauskas, by including new services in the existing additional health insurance package, employers do not forget to take care of the emotional well-being of their employees. It is true that S. Lisauskas is surprised that only 1% use the ban for the visits of specialists related to emotional health. workers. Employees are thought to fear that their employer has become aware of the difficulties, but all information about using health insurance is confidential.
Encouraging employees to protect not only their physical but also their emotional health, Lidl Lietuva provides free access to ten psychotherapist or psychologist-psychotherapist psychotherapy sessions per year and anonymous consultation with personal, legal and financial counseling professionals.
Lidl Lietuva currently employs more than 2.7 thousand people. workers. There are a total of 62 Lidl retail stores in Lithuania in 24 cities of the country – Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Kėdainiai, Telšiai, Kretinga, Mažeikiai, Tauragė, Jonava, Panevėžys, Ukmergė, Utena, Plungė, Palanga , Elektrėnai, Visaginas, Šilutė, Radviliškis, Vilkaviškis, Druskininkai and Rokiškis.