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Benefits to support maternity journeys

Your employees want benefits that provide comprehensive support for themselves and their families, including when they're ready to welcome a new bundle of joy. From fertility and family-planning support to longer paid leave and mental health resources, their needs have evolved. Now, you can give them that and get support for yourself along the way, too.

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Family-focused benefits help you be there for employees at every step

With Guardian, you can surround employees with support and intuitively designed benefits for their mental, physical, and financial well-being at each stage of their maternity journey.

And when you outsource your leave management with us, we can help ensure you're both compliant with local/federal leave laws and your people are receiving all the benefits they're entitled to.

Phases of a maternity journey

88% of employees say they'd consider changing jobs for access to fertility benefits.¹

Meet our maternity-focused claims team

The focus of an employee growing their family should be on the child, not on the paperwork involved. Our dedicated team of maternity claims specialists helps your employees every step of the way. They'll be a friendly face there to streamline the experience for reporting and filing maternity leaves, simplifying the process to access STD and state-mandated disability benefits. Less stress for the new parent, fewer questions for your HR team.

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Where employees can access support

For employees, understanding how the benefits you provide can really support them during different life events can sometimes be difficult. That's why we've created multiple channels to help them understand and use their benefits to the fullest.

Our family-focused support

It's all part of a seamless, family-focused benefits package

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* Only available in Group Hospital Indemnity 2025 plans. Not yet available in NY.

1 It’s time to talk about fertility at work, Carrot, 2021

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Guardian’s Group Critical Illness Insurance is underwritten and issued by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, NY. Products are not available in all states. Policy limitations and exclusions apply. Optional riders and/or features may incur additional costs. This is a limited plan of supplemental health insurance that provides the specified financial support, as a lump sum or indemnity payment, following the diagnosis of a critical illness. This is not minimum essential coverage as defined by federal law. This coverage will not reimburse for hospital or medical expenses. Generic Policy Form # GP-1-CI-14; CI-23-P. The state approved form is the governing document.

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The maternity life event hub helps expecting moms file and manage their maternity claim while also providing support and resources during their leave.

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GuardianWell is the digital hub where employees can access all of their wellness benefits and resources provided through Guardian.

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Guardian Anytime is employees' self-service portal, allowing them to view claims information and track processes.

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Employees can find a dentist (including pediatric specialists for dependents), access plan details, download their ID card, and more.

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This journey starts now. We're here with support as your people take the first steps toward building their family.

  • Wellness benefits, built right in

    From exploring egg freezing to navigating low testosterone, managing fertility health can be challenging. With Guardian, employees have access to personalized guidance and comprehensive educational resources for fertility health and family-building services, embedded in our hospital indemnity insurance.*

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  • Direct support for holistic workforce well-being

    Help address all facets of employee wellness related to a maternity journey with supplemental health benefits paid directly to them. Customize coverage to meet the specific needs of your unique workforce — from fertility treatments to newborn nursery care.

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Your employee is expecting! Here's how their benefits can help make this part of their journey go as smoothly as possible.

  • Caregiving support

    Caregiving support services provide deeply personalized guidance to help employees prepare for parenthood. From finding the right OBGYN to connecting with other expecting parents and starting to plan for child care — help is available for a range of employees' needs.

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  • Dental benefits

    We know that oral health supports overall well-being. To help ensure good oral health throughout pregnancy, expecting moms can receive an extra cleaning.

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  • Hospital indemnity payments

    We're making expecting employees' lives easier with our hospital indemnity insurance by paying maternity claims at 36 weeks. Plus, we provide benefit payments for shorter hospital stays.

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A new bundle of joy has arrived! These benefits are there to help your employees focus on bonding and enjoying the moment, instead of wondering if they're covered.

  • More than income replacement

    With short-term disability (STD) from Guardian, your employees get powerful disability benefits that not only help replace income but also provide valuable wellness support.

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  • Enhance STD coverage

    You can make STD go further with riders that eliminate the waiting period after giving birth — so employees can receive benefits from day one — and provide paid family leave to bond with a child. 

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  • Newborn nursery care

    With hospital indemnity insurance, employees can receive benefit payments for newborn nursey care after giving birth.

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  • Mental wellness support

    New parents may be dealing with sleep deprivation, post-partum depression, or just adjusting to a new normal. Dedicated mental health benefits can help new parents maintain their mental wellness and overall well-being.

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Helping support employee recovery and return-to-work after childbirth is key to their well-being

Your employees can count on a powerful team focused on helping them return to work after maternity leave. With registered nurse case managers and a full vocational rehabilitation team if they need support recovering from any complications, well-being is top of mind during this transition.

Plus, they'll have the same access to mental health resources, caregiving support services, and more family-focused benefits in the months and years ahead as they settle into parenthood.

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