Employers leave nearly half of UK workers without cost of living support

The results are worse than last year, when a third (35%) of workers said they had received no additional help with managing increased costs. While employer support is lacking, workers are in more need than ever, according to the research by employee benefits provider Unum UK, which surveyed 3,025 full-time and part-time UK employees. Almost seven in 10 (69%) workers admitted the general cost of living has now become their biggest day-to-day concern, up from 61% last year. Pay rises were the most common type of help received by those whose employers did step in. But fewer pay increa...