Employees looking for personalised benefits over pay: MetLife

Income protection ranked third most important benefit

Hemma Visavadia
clock • 2 min read

One in two (50%) workers have admitted their willingness to dedicate more of their basic salary towards more personalised employee benefits, according to research from MetLife UK.

The fourth and final report in MetLife UK's Re:Me series found that almost seven out of 10 (69%) workers would work harder for an employer who provided employee benefits that support their individual needs, with half prepared to sacrifice salary for personalised benefits. The traditional benefits package has evolved as a direct result of the pandemic, with protection now featuring far higher among employer and employee priorities. Prior to Covid-19, employers ranked income protection as the 13th most important benefit for employees, yet this has now risen to third, with employers now ...

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