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On October 24, 2024, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) released its summary report, 2024 Workplace Wellness Survey. The survey examines employees’ attitudes toward employment-based benefits in the workplace. It also covers an extensive range of issues such as employment-based health insurance, financial well-being and retirement benefits. 

The key survey findings include: 

• ​Currently, 83% of employers offer health insurance and 79% offer retirement savings plans;
• Of those employees with retirement savings plans, 62% consider those plans to help contribute to their financial security;
• Over 75% of employees consider their current level of debt to be problematic;
• 56% of employees are extremely or very satisfied with their current job;
• 39% consider financial wellness programs to remain very important;
• About 34% of employees feel they understand their retirement benefits offered by their employers very well;
• Overall, employees most value work life balance (56%), flexibility in work schedules (48%) and quality health care coverage (37%) as very important benefits;
• About 69% of employees are interested in employer-provided mental health benefits; and
• Paid vacation time (81%) and paid sick time (76%) are the most commonly offered leave types.

The summary report is available here.