4 ways benefits have changed in the last 4 years

Leap Day — which falls on Monday, Feb. 29 — might be a good excuse to celebrate an extra day of the year or to turn the tables and propose marriage to your man if you’re a woman, per tradition, but it’s also a good excuse to look at employer-offered benefits and how they’ve changed since the last Leap Day. At least that’s what consulting firm Compdata thought when it examined data from Benefits USA 2011/2012 and Benefits USA 2015/2016 to see how employer benefits plan have changed in the past four years.

“Most HR professionals are well-versed in looking at data year-to-year,” says Amy Kaminski, vice president, Compdata surveys & consulting. “However, looking at long-term trends can sometimes give you a better pulse on whether or not your organization is ahead of the competition when it comes to offering competitive employment packages.”