Benefits 21 Archive

How must work and benefits be redesigned so that all workers—including those earning low and moderate wages or in nonstandard arrangements and others left out of private benefit systems—can meet their expenses, withstand financial shocks, and save for the future?

The American Rescue Plan signals the importance of taking a more holistic approach to supporting household financial security and the potential of such approach on ensuring households recover, in a more equitable way, from this pandemic.

The most important ingredient is a relentless focus on the people using the services.

The uneven impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic throw the inadequacy and inequality of our workplace safety net into sharp relief.

The pandemic response heightens the volatility and unpredictability of non-traditional and low-wage work.

This Resource Guide lays out the context for portable benefits and examines key design questions for policymakers to consider.