Pension scheme ranked most popular employee benefit

Data obtained from job adverts on Indeed.com

Hemma Visavadia
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A recent survey has revealed that pension schemes are the most common employee benefit offered by companies, with 41% of employers listing this as a perk, according to Moneypenny.

The research analysed 1000 job advertisements placed on Indeed.com, and surveyed 1,000 UK office workers to obtain a view of employee benefit popularity from both sides. Pension schemes were followed by work from home (WFH) options with 22% of job advertisements offering this benefit. A further 12% of job ads listed gym perks as a common benefit, with an additional 11% offering flexible working and sick pay respectively. Pension schemes, flexible working and sick pay were also cited as being three benefits that employees believe should be mandatory within the workplace. Other pe...

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