At yli, are practicing Health Justice by:
- Providing a generous benefit package that covers 100% of employees and 50% of employee dependents and spouses, and currently includes:
- Over 20 paid holidays annually
- PTO accrual that begins at 15 days a year and increases with years of service
- A $500 Lifestyle Spending Account that can be used on physical, mental and financial wellness every year
- Access to an FSA and a matched 403(b) retirement account
- Fertility coverage
- $80 monthly telecom reimbursement
- Access to an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
- Commuter subsidy
- Annual Years of Service awards that include cash and additional PTO
- Offering and encouraging use of PTO days
- Providing all staff with masks, work-from-home set-ups and increased monthly telecom stipends at the onset of COVID-19
- Offering two flex hours per week during the COVID-19 pandemic for non-exempt staff
- Providing masks and air filters for staff affected by poor air quality
- Conducting a mandatory training on youth mental health across the organization
- Providing optional Healing Circles for staff and youth
Our areas of growth include:
- Creating and expanding partnerships with and providing support for existing grassroots public health efforts to provide a wide community safety net of resources and services for our youth and their families
- Aligning our tobacco work with the housing justice movement to protect smokers from eviction