Employers continue to adjust plan designs and offerings to emphasize lifestyle-focused benefits like mental health and fertility treatments in order to meet the diverse needs of today’s workforce, according to DirectPath’s annual Gartner Trends Report, which gives insight into employers’ 2020 health care benefits strategies.
Some of the trends being incorporated into benefit offerings this year include new attention to emotional well-being, a renewed interest in voluntary benefits like pet insurance and an increased focus on family-focused benefits, like fertility treatments and child and eldercare support.
