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Employee benefits and technology trends report

A digital-first approach to benefits in a post-pandemic world.
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16/01/2023

Key employee benefits tech trends

Employee benefits programs — and the teams that deliver, manage, and report on them — have been thrust into the spotlight, with increased C-suite attention.

The importance of providing a globally-consistent employee experience has also grown exponentially, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Well-being was unsurprisingly a key focus in terms of support and funding, and investment in employee benefits and technology increased across the board.

However, organisations still have significant work to do when it comes to maximising their use of data and analytics.

Never before have organisations reported such year-on-year changes

85%

making changes to their benefits offering in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

80%

reporting a change in the benefits employees are using

72%

spending more on benefits per employee

60%

increasing investment in employee well-being

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The pandemic highlighted the need for HR teams to focus in on their data analytics capabilities

Most organisations made changes to their benefits in response to the pandemic, with more than 7-in-10 increasing spend overall. Yet with this increased cost, comes more scrutiny — 88% of HR and benefits teams have seen more involvement from the C-suite. Our findings show employers struggled with utilising data to prove how the changes they made impacted employees. A fifth of organisations aren’t using employee data at all in their reporting, and those who are face several key barriers.

01 | The biggest blockers to using employee data for analytics?

Chart accessible description: Scoring 36%, concern around the storage and use of employee data comes in first place. This is closely followed by employers struggling with too many data sources at 32% and a lack of time on the team to dedicate to analytics with 31%. In fourth and fifth position, with 28% and 25% respectively, is a lack of technology and a lack of C-level buy in. Finally, poor quality data and not knowing where to start are in the joint sixth position at 17%, showing there is still an issue with access to reliable data and guidance on how to analyse it effectively.

"The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated plans to centralise HR for 67% of organisations."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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