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Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI NOTES, November 2014, vol. 35, No. 11

 

VIEWS ON THE VALUE OF VOLUNTARY BENEFITS: FINDINGS FROM THE 2014 HEALTH AND VOLUNTARY WORKPLACE BENEFITS SURVEY [17 November 2014]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5459

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_11_Nov-14_WBS.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

 

Executive Summary

 

·         Three-quarters of workers state that the benefits package an employer offers prospective workers is extremely (32 percent) or very (44 percent) important in their decision to accept or reject a job.

 

·         Nevertheless, 34 percent are only somewhat satisfied with the benefits offered by their current employer, and 22 percent are not satisfied.

 

·         Eighty-six percent of workers report that employment-based health insurance is extremely or very important, far more than for any other work place benefit.

 

·         Workers identify lower cost (compared with purchasing benefits on their own) and choice as strong advantages of voluntary benefits. However, they are split with respect to their comfort in having their employer choose their benefits provider, and think the possibility that they may have to pay the full cost of any voluntary benefits is a strong or moderate disadvantage.

 

Press Release 17 November 2014

Workers Rate Benefits Important, Show High Take-Up Rates

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR1099.WBS.17Nov14.pdf

 

WASHINGTON—The vast majority of workers say their benefits package is important to their decision

to take a job, as supported by the high take-up rates when benefits are offered, according to a new report

by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

Based on the latest results from the Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey (WBS) by

EBRI/Greenwald & Associates, workers also say overwhelmingly that health insurance is the most

important workplace benefit by far.

 

Specifically, the WBS found that three-quarters of workers state that the benefits package an employer

offers prospective workers is extremely (32 percent) or very (44 percent) important in their decision to

accept or reject a job. Among those offered the benefits, 80 percent or more signed up for health, dental

and retirement benefits.

 

AND MORE....

 

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