Schemes appear to be meeting this aim, with the proportion of respondents reporting that their plan has successfully improved staff engagement rising steadily over the past few years.
A further fifth (21%) of respondents cited improving staff recruitment and retention as their scheme’s main objective.
Unsurprisingly, employee engagement is the most popular measure used by respondents to gauge the success of their flex objectives. This year, 74% of respondents say they use this method, compared with 35% in 2013.
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck is a business journalist with 20 years’ experience specialising in pay, reward and HR. She joined Employee Benefits as a reporter in 2003, before becoming editor in 2015. Debbie is also responsible for editorial content across Employee’ Benefits events, including Employee Benefits Live and the Employee Benefits Awards, as well as hosting Employee Benefits’ webinars.View full profile
