ABSTRACT

Non-wage forms of compensation are monetary and non-monetary items used to attract, retain, motivate, and reward employees above and beyond traditional wage and salary payments. Increased levels of employee benefits or resistance to contingent compensation both make unionized labor more expensive than the market-clearing, efficiency-maximizing compensation package. A category of employee benefits that has received substantially greater public attention the publication of What Do Unions Do ? is family-friendly policies that aim to help employees strike a balance between work and family responsibilities. Examples include paid parental leave, on-site or subsidized childcare, job-sharing arrangements, and flexible work schedules. As these benefits increase in importance, a new question for what unions do to non-wage forms of compensation is whether labor unions increase or decrease the provision of family- friendly benefits.