Employee privacy concerns undermining group protection relevance

Privacy concerns are the main barrier to staff utilising group protection and added value services, according to new research from Legal & General (L&G). A survey of 1,087 employees with access to group protection, conducted by Opinium in December 2020, found that over one-third of respondents (36%) said that their group protection policies relevant to their health, wealth and happiness. Of more concern are the one-in-five (20%) of employees who said that they had concerns that their employer may get to know too much about their health or private life as a barrier to using protection ...