2026 is a year of change for employee benefits: GRiD

Five trends for the market

Cameron Roberts
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Industry body, Group Risk Development (GRiD), has published five predictions for the employee benefits market in 2026.

The organisation focused on: Return to work Preventative health Value Return on investment (ROI) Broad impact How employees return to work after sickness was a focus of the Keep Britain Working report, published in November 2025. The report recommended that the Government should look to reform health practices around return to work. The findings of the report were not discussed in the Autumn Budget last year, 2026 could be the year that recommendations are turned into actionable policy and incentives for employers to support their employees. According to Grid, this ...

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