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The financial services company added both a student loan repayment and a paid parental leave benefit. Advance Financial will repay up to $12,000 of each employee’s debt over six years. Its program, through provider Gradifi, also includes options for employees to refinance or consolidate their student debt and receive counseling on how to eliminate the rest of their debt.

In addition to the new student loan benefit, employees, both men and women, who have been employed at the Nashville-based financial services company at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours, are eligible to receive up to six consecutive weeks of paid parental leave following the birth, placement or adoption of a child.