A round-up of some of the key facts and figures related to employee benefits in June 2017:
- 26% of global employee respondents who expect to work to some extent in their retirement cite concerns that their retirement benefits will be less than expected as the reason for this (Source: Aegon)
- 50% of employee respondents cite fear of a negative impact on their job prospects as the reason why they feel under pressure to return to work following an illness or injury (Source: Willis Towers Watson)
- £6,400 is the average annual expected retirement income gender gap for those retiring in 2017 (Source: Prudential)
- 61% of employee respondents would consider taking a pay cut to achieve elements outside of pay that are important to them when looking for a new job, such as their ideal benefits package (Source: Hays)
- 53% of defined benefit UK pension trustees, pension managers and scheme sponsor respondents have closed their DB pension scheme to future accrual (Source: Aon)
- 18% of employee respondents have some form of critical illness or income protection cover that would help them financially if they were to develop a serious illness (Source: Canada Life Group Insurance)
- 47% of private sector employee respondents believe that men and women are paid and rewarded equally in their organisation, compared to 60% of public sector respondents (Source: Badenoch and Clark)
- 23% of expatriate respondents move abroad to gain increased pay and benefits (Source: Axa PPP International)
