The second problem with benefits offered to staff on a voluntary basis is that the products on offer are usually so boring. A range of financial products is a common one. We all need those little assurances, but they are hardly going to fire the imagination of your staff. Travel insurance may fare best here. But the sad news is that the discounted rates in travel insurance are not always lower than high street offerings, so no employees are going to leap with excitement at that one.
Employers negotiate with a local masseur to come in once or several times a week at a special rate.
Staff wanting to use their services benefit from paying a discounted rate. And because they don't have to leave the building there is no chance of them getting all stressed up again in the traffic on their way back to the office. Another benefit fast moving up the newcomers list is pet insurance. For the lawyer who has everything I am sure you can still surprise with this one. Of course, you have to be wary of the providers trying to convince you that their product should make it onto your list of voluntary benefits.