This document discusses fringe benefits, which are supplemental compensation provided by employers to employees that are not part of wages or salaries. Popular definitions characterize fringe benefits as benefits provided for the benefit of employees that are not direct financial payments. Fringe benefits are an indirect form of compensation not linked to performance that accrue to all employees and are intended to attract talent, boost motivation, provide tax benefits, improve relations, promote camaraderie, and reassure employees of employer concern while reducing HR costs.