Kelly Slater has worked for polling and research firm Gallup since 2005. The company provides adoption benefits, something Slater took advantage of when his family adopted three children in 2009.
Gallup’s benefits administrator, Milagros Lopez, says the company offers the adoption benefits simply because it’s the right thing to do. The company has had its adoption benefits in place since 1996 and, since then, 15 employees have used the benefits. The program is managed in-house, and the costs associated with adopting a child are similar to the health benefits available when an employee gives birth and makes a claim under Gallup’s self-insured medical plan. The adoption benefit is immediately available at hire, but the employee must be enrolled in the medical plan, and with documentation supplied, Gallup reimburses expenses through the employee’s paycheck.
