Employees are spending too much on the wrong benefits. Here’s how leaders can help

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Every year, employees deduct funds from their paycheck toward health plans and retirement contributions, but without proper guidance from benefit leaders, those decisions could put their personal finances at risk. 

Thirty-seven percent of employees avoid thinking about their benefits and retirement plan entirely because they’re too overwhelmed, according to a recent report from employee benefit platform SAVVI Financial. As a result, 19% of employees say that their benefit choices have resulted in financial stress, and 72% are more concerned about their financial choices this year than they were last year.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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