Employee Benefits poll: A total of 14.8% of employers said they offer financial wellbeing support to their employees through an external provider app.
According to a survey of Employee Benefits readers, 3.7% of respondents said they offer financial education support through webinars or external providers. The same number answered that they provide their employees with discounts and salary sacrifice options.
Meanwhile, 66.7% said they offer more than one of these options, while 7.4% said they do not offer anything.
In February, Employee Benefits reported that nearly 40% of employers offer four or fewer types of financial support and have no plans to increase this, despite 61% of employees saying better support would make them more likely to stay with an organisation.
Hymans Robertson’s Employee benefits 2026: trends and employer priorities report, which surveyed 500 UK corporate finance and pensions decision-makers, also found that while employers are investing in financial wellbeing, most focus on low-cost options such as discounts and webinars. However, employees revealed that they actually want deeper, personalised support, guidance, advice and emergency savings help.
Hannah English, head of defined contribution (DC) corporate consulting at Hymans Robertson, said: “Rising costs, and growing expectations around fairness, mean employers are under pressure to rethink their benefits strategy. Our research shows that while many employers are taking steps in the right direction, the environment they operate in has become far more demanding.
“The gap between what employers offer and what employees say they value is one of the biggest risks for retention but is also one of the biggest opportunities. Small well-targeted changes in benefit structure, a rethink on eligibility rules or even a clearer communication strategy can make a real difference. Budget pressures are real and aren’t going away, but fairness and financial resilience can still be improved with thoughtful action.”
