More Companies Helping Employees Repay Student Loan Debt

"The list of companies deciding to help employees with their student loan debt is growing. Aetna recently announced that next year it’ll match eligible employees’ student loan payments up to $2,000 per year, with a maximum benefit of $10,000.

Only 4 percent of companies offer a student loan repayment assistance benefit, according to the latest annual survey by the Society of Human Resource Management. But Lenny Sanicola, a benefits expert at WorldatWork, a nonprofit association of 70,000 mostly Fortune 500 human resource professionals, says that the perk is catching on." …

http://www.consumerreports.org/money/new-employee-benefit-helps-repay-student-loan-debt/