70% of employee respondents are satisfied with their work-life balance
13 January 2017
According to a survey of 826 employers, 59% increased flexible working arrangements in 2016, which could help account for the high work-life balance satisfaction.
However in the same survey which included data from 1,752 employees, 62% of employee respondents are unsatisfied with their benefits package.
The research conducted by GCS Recruitment for its Market insights 2017 report, also found that 38% of employee respondents cite pay and financial rewards as having the most impact on their job satisfaction, and only 5% list their benefits package as the most important factor.
Read the full article from Employee Benefits for other key findings from the research.
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CIPP comment To help us understand, in part, how much flexible working has become part of our culture, we ran a poll in August 2016. We asked approximately what percentage of your workforce had applied for flexible working within the last 2 years. Of the 142 responses received, only 18% of employer had not received any requests, leaving 82% of employers receiving requests for flexible working. |