The company’s report, entitled Workplace benefits, surveyed a total of 349 employers across the UK and found that workplace pensions are one of the most valuable financial benefits for employees, with this being cited by 36 per cent of respondents.
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Other valued financial benefits for employees include season ticket loans (44 per cent) and payroll giving (43 per cent). Employers also believe that a share option scheme is a valuable benefit for employees, with this being cited by 17 per cent of respondents, whilst 9 per cent think that a sharesave scheme is the most valued benefit.
The report also revealed other types of important benefits for employees, with life insurance and group income protection being cited as the top protection benefits (91 per cent and 54 per cent respectively).