cafeteria plan; flexible benefits plan
A type of employee benefit plan where workers can choose from a menu of options, such as health insurance, childcare, or extra vacation days, up to a set allowance.
Our company has introduced a cafeteria plan so that employees can choose benefits that suit them.
With a cafeteria plan, unused points can be carried over to the next year.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
Borrowed from English 'cafeteria plan', referring to a flexible benefits system where employees select from various options, analogous to choosing food in a cafeteria.