A big part of being a great place to work is providing access to competitive benefits. Ours – which include retirement benefits, health care, and insurance against risks like disability and personal leave – are custom-designed to meet the needs of our local employee base. Even more, they often go beyond what’s legally required in that market. For example, employees in many locations can access company-provided or subsidized health services, childcare and fitness options.
We offer our employees generous paid parental leave, and beyond that, paid family-care leave in many locations globally to help employees take care of their loved ones throughout their career. We are also committed to enabling new mothers to continue to breastfeed and/or pump and store breastmilk after returning to work. Our offices in the US, the UK, Switzerland and Poland, along with most locations in EMEA and APAC, have dedicated facilities, and new mothers in any location can use working time for this. In the US, UBS contributes to employees’ dependent care flexible spending accounts and employees with caregiving responsibility for young children are also eligible for back-up care, including in-home care options. Employees in the UK are offered back-up childcare options. In Switzerland, UBS is a member of two associations that advise on childcare and help employees find access to regular and emergency childcare.
We actively support hybrid working options (a mix of home and in-office working) along with flexible working arrangements (e.g., part-time, job-sharing and partial-retirement roles). We also sponsor comprehensive employee assistance programs in all locations to help manage issues like stress, illness, personal conflict, finances, bereavement, mental health and elder care.
