Many companies also offer employees a chance to build their nest egg with the company's stock.

Company cars and private healthcare are popular perks for firms to offer employees.

Some businesses offer Muslim employees a place and the time to pray during work.

"You're offering me two unhappy employees and an absent one!"

Employers, at least big ones, would be required to offer employees comprehensive insurance or else pay a tax based on payrolls.

Offering employees paid time off, or suggesting more flexible working arrangements, can be practical ways to help them deal with their problems.

But she said employers purchasing coverage were not required to include it in the insurance package they offered employees.

Many hotels also offer employees finder's fees, up to $100, for recruiting friends or relatives.

He said he offered most employees about 14 paid days off each year, to be taken as vacation or sick days.

Dealers say Chrysler will probably bring back a program offering consumers the same discounts it offers employees.