Managing Additional Benefit Types in Keka

Introduction

Keka now supports additional benefit types to help organizations configure a wider range of employee benefits within payroll.

A total of 7 new benefit types have been introduced across Health and Finance categories, enabling better compliance and flexibility—especially for organizations offering supplemental insurance and retirement plans.

To create a benefit using the new types-

1.  Navigate to Payroll 

2. Select Benefits 

   

3. Click on Create Benefit In the Benefit Type dropdown, you will now see the newly added options under-

   • Health
   • Finance

   

4. Select the required benefit type Configure contribution details based on the selected type 
5. Click Save

Newly added benefit types

Health Category

These are pre-tax benefits designed for supplemental insurance coverage:

• Cancer Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Finance Category

These are retirement-related benefits:

• 457(b) (Pre-tax)
• Roth 457(b) (Post-tax)
• Roth SIMPLE IRA (SIMPLE) (Post-tax)