People Processes

BENEFITS—SHRM survey finds uptick in health and wellness offerings As a tight job market continues to help drive increases in employee benefits offered by organizations, health and wellness along with employee programs and services are the benefits most likely to be increased, according to the results of the https://shrm.org/hr-today/trends-and-forecasting/research-and-surveys/Pages/2018-Employee-Benefits.aspx?_ga=2.109490181.167073314.1529332789-1390505139.1493823220 (2018 Employee Benefits Survey) released June 19 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The survey results indicated that more than one-third (34 percent) of organizations increased their overall benefits in the last 12 months. When employers added offerings, they were most likely to increase health-related benefits (51 percent) and wellness benefits (44 percent). Recruiting and retention tool. Retention (cited by 72 percent of respondents) and recruiting (58 percent) were the top reasons reported for increasing benefits. “W