According to a survey on workers’ perception of employee benefits, both high- and low-wage earners say benefits are vital to their health and financial security.
“Frequently when these programs are offered, there is a notion that … certain employee benefits programs are mainly valued and benefited by the highest-paid population,” said Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, during a recent symposium on the current state of employee benefits and insurance in the United States.