# sequoia.com

> AI-optimized mirror of sequoia.com containing 50 pages totalling 134,589 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://sequoia.com/. Last updated: 2026-04-30T20:46:53.554Z.

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## Homepage

- [There's a reason 2,500+ companies trust Sequoia with their people strategy](/site-root.html): Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies achieve their business goals by mastering compensation, benefits, and risk. (520 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [events/index.html](/events/index.html) (1 words)
- [Total Rewards](/category/total-rewards/index.html) (468 words)
- [Benefits](/category/benefits/index.html) (473 words)
- [About Sequoia](/company/about/index.html): Sequoia comes through for investor-backed companies by helping them get the most out of their investment in people. (1,220 words)
- [Resources](/resources/index.html) (426 words)
- [Sequoia One](/sequoia-one-peo/index.html): Sequoia One is the top PEO company bringing PEO services, outsourced HR, outsourced payroll, and employee benefits to small companies. (703 words)
- [Reports & Benchmarking](/reports/index.html) (459 words)
- [Client Success](/about/client-success/index.html): Learn how our clients deliver world-class total comp and benefits to their employees, leveraging Sequoia’s technology, guidance, and community. (298 words)
- [Collaborative Pages](/total-comp-benefits/pages/index.html): Pages is a collaborative workspace within Sequoia OS™ that brings analytics, insights, and planning together in one place. (586 words)
- [Total Comp & Benefits Analytics](/total-comp-benefits/analytics/index.html): Help your leadership team operate from one shared source of truth for all your compensation, benefits, and people data. (595 words)
- [Wellbeing Benefits](/capabilities/compensation-equity/wellbeing/index.html): We help you design an impactful benefits program that supports the physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing of your people and their families. (673 words)
- [Compensation Retainer](/compensation/comp-retainer/index.html): Sequoia's Comp Retainer is an ongoing strategic partnership that provides expert advisory support, structured quarterly reporting, and self-service access in Sequoia OS™ to manage plans and dashboards. (695 words)
- [Health Benefits Services & Brokerage](/capabilities/compensation-equity/healthcare/index.html): Use Sequoia's employee health benefits services to smartly invest in healthcare for employees with the best employee health insurance options. (719 words)
- [Compensation & Equity](/compensation/index.html): Sequoia is your partner for a comp and equity strategy that keeps talent engaged and helps you get max impact from your people investment. (947 words)
- [Business Risk](/risk/index.html): Sequoia helps you develop a comprehensive risk management strategy to maximize the protection of your business and your people. (477 words)
- [2025 Retention-Focused Compensation and Equity Trends](/2025/03/employee-retention-strategies-2025/index.html): Companies in 2025 are designing compensation strategies around employee retention. Learn the latest trends revealed by Sequoia’s 2025 Compensation and Equity Report. (1,078 words)
- [Benefits that work as hard for your business as they do for your people](/capabilities/benefits/index.html): Sequoia has spent over 20 years guiding companies to attract talent, improve retention, and get their benefits experience right. (907 words)
- [Benefits Outsourcing](/benefits/benefits-outsourcing/index.html): Put your benefits administration in expert hands with the partner who's been setting the benefits bar for 24 years. (575 words)
- [Retirement & Financial Health](/capabilities/compensation-equity/retirement/index.html): We help people-driven companies ensure a better financial future for their people. Retirement & 401(k) | Financial Wellbeing | Tax Advantage | IPO Readiness (847 words)
- [Compensation Foundation](/compensation/comp-foundation/index.html): To set a strong foundation for managing people costs, Sequoia helps you design, govern, and communicate compensation strategies that scale. (566 words)
- [Investor Solutions](/solutions/investors/index.html): Sequoia helps venture capital and private equity investors guide smarter portfolio company decisions on cash, equity, and benefits. (698 words)
- [[2026 Benefits Benchmarks: Key Insights for Enterprise Employers](/content/2026/04/2026-enterprise-benefits-benchmarks-key-takeaways/ "View post"/index.html)](/blog/latest/index.html) (396 words)
- [Total Comp & Benefits](/total-comp-benefits/index.html): Amplify your ability to drive impact with every dollar by uniting comp and benefits under one highly-informed strategy, powered by Sequoia. (852 words)
- [Benefits Renewal Modeling & Decisions](/benefits/renewal-modeling/index.html): Sequoia combines expert brokerage and platform tools for a smoother benefits renewal season so you team has fewer handoffs, faster alignment, and a clean path to final selections. (544 words)
- [2026 Federal Poverty Level Announced: Impact on ACA Affordability](/2026/02/2026-federal-poverty-level-announced-impact-on-aca-affordability.html): Recently, the 2026 federal poverty level (FPL) was announced as $15,960 (up from $15,650 in 2025). Changes to the annual FPL will impact Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability calculations for employers using the FPL safe harbor, described in more detail below. (959 words)
- [What TrumpRx and the FTC Settlement With Express Scripts Means for Employer Drug Costs](/2026/02/what-trumprx-and-the-ftc-settlement-with-express-scripts-means-for-employer-drug-costs.html): Learn how TrumpRx and the FTC’s settlement with Express Scripts could influence employer pharmacy benefits, drug pricing transparency, and future cost-management strategies. (1,568 words)
- [[Updated] California Proposes State-Wide Long Term Care Insurance Program](/2024/01/updated-california-proposes-state-wide-long-term-insurance-programs.html): In October 2019, California enacted Assembly Bill 567 (AB 567) after research on public opinion indicated Californians are concerned about the costs of growing older. AB 567 established a Long Term Care Insurance Task Force (Task Force) within the California Department of Insurance to examine the feasibility of designing and implementing a mandatory state-wide long-term care (LTC) insurance program. The Task Force’s Feasibility Report was finalized on December 14, 2022. This report summarized the Task Force's recommendations and outlined the administrative, financial, and political feasibility considerations. To ensure the program's solvency, specifics on cost and financial viability of the feasibility considerations will be assessed in an Actuarial Report to be completed on or before January 1, 2024. California lawmakers would then determine whether to pass any legislation. (993 words)
- [Compliance](/risk/compliance/index.html): Sequoia delivers the compliance expertise, visibility, and education you need to limit your exposure and keep your people programs on track. (677 words)
- [Compensation Outsourcing](/compensation/comp-outsourcing/index.html): Sequoia expertly takes on the administration of your compensation program to help you get the most out of your people spend. (572 words)
- [Videos](/resources/videos/index.html) (118 words)
- [Global Benefits](/benefits/global/index.html): Sequoia's global benefits practice helps people-driven companies strategically design programs to support their global workforce. (735 words)
- [USPS Postmark Changes: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know](/category/compliance/index.html) (484 words)
- [Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking](/total-comp-benefits/benchmarking/index.html): Get expert insight and the right market data to benchmark your compensation and benefits to attract and retain the talent you need. (529 words)
- [Merit Cycle Support](/compensation/merit-cycle/index.html): Sequoia helps you run your merit cycle with clarity and precision, supported by expert compensation advisors and our integrated platform. (494 words)
- [Welcome to the Sequoia Blog](/blog/index.html): Sequoia’s blog helps our clients and other people-first companies confidently stay informed about a wide range of benefits, HR, and employment topics. (975 words)
- [Headcount Planning](/total-comp-benefits/headcount-planning/index.html): Model headcount scenarios, see costs, and move from approvals to on-range offers with one shared hiring plan. (580 words)
- [Outsourcing & PEO Solutions](/solutions/outsourcing/index.html): Sequoia helps you offload the complexity of total comp and benefits to our expert team of advisors, service specialists, and technologists. (595 words)
- [Platform Solutions](/solutions/platform/index.html): Sequoia OS™ unifies your HRIS, payroll, equity, and benefits data into one powerful platform to see, analyze, and control comp and benefits. (728 words)
- [Choosing the Right PEO: 3 Models for Small but Growing Companies](/2025/01/3-types-of-peos/index.html): Understand how each of the 3 types of PEOs can help build a strong foundation to attract and retain talent needed to help your startup scale. (779 words)
- [Advisory & Brokerage Solutions](/solutions/advisory/index.html): Sequoia is a trusted advisor helping you balance competitive pay, meaningful benefits, and risk, while keeping focus on your business goals. (498 words)
- [Updated: California Mandates Infertility and IVF Coverage](/2025/07/california-mandates-infertility-ivf-coverage-updated.html): On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill SB 729 into law, which requires fully insured, large group health plans to cover infertility treatment and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in insurance contracts and policies that are issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2025. The law will also expand the definition of infertility to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ individuals looking to start a family. (1,218 words)
- [Employee Compensation](/compensation/employee-comp/index.html): Sequoia helps you design pay and equity compensation strategies that engage and motivate your workforce while balancing costs. (426 words)
- [Sequoia Candidate Offers](/solutions/platform/candidate-offers/index.html): Candidate Offers is a Sequoia People Platform add-on solution for your talent team to create powerful interactive offers for job candidates. (564 words)
- [Los Angeles City Council Approves Changes to Healthcare Benefit Payments for Airport and Hotel Workers](/2025/04/los-angeles-city-council-approves-changes-to-healthcare-benefit-payments-for-airport-and-hotel-workers.html): During the last few weeks of 2024, the Los Angeles City Council approved an increase to the minimum wage rate for airport and hotel workers in Los Angeles. While the City Council’s motion is largely related to employment law matters, an increase in healthcare benefit payments to $8.35 per hour (with annual adjustments) for such workers was also included and approved. This article provides a high-level overview of the healthcare benefit payment requirement that may impact employer plan sponsors. (810 words)
- [Sequoia Joins the Open Cap Table Coalition](/news/sequoia-joins-open-cap-table-coalition/index.html): Sequoia, the pioneer in Total People Investment, today announced its role as a new member of the Open Cap Table Coalition, a cross-industry group that is collaborating to improve the interoperability, transparency, and portability of startup capitalization data. The working group includes 55 major law firms that advise emerging companies, leading software providers, venture capital firms, and other critical members of the startup ecosystem. (405 words)
- [Sequoia Global Coordination](/lp/global-coordination/index.html): Sequoia's model for global benefits management offers distinct advantages over traditional global brokerage models. (404 words)
- [2025 Total Compensation & Benefits Benchmark Report](/reports/2025-total-comp-benefits-benchmark-report/index.html): Sequoia’s latest benchmark report reveals how investor-backed companies are adjusting compensation, benefits, and workforce strategies in response to rising costs, new talent expectations, and the growing influence of AI. (339 words)
- [2026 Healthcare Benchmarks](/feed/index.html) (102,965 words)
- [Executive Compensation](/compensation/exec-comp/index.html): Trust Sequoia to guide a comp strategy that attracts and motivates leaders who drive growth, talent retention, and longterm enterprise value. (451 words)

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