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2019 STATE OF FINANCIAL WELLNESS BENEFITS
OF COMPANIES SAID FINANCIAL WELLNESS BENEFITS ARE IMPORTANT TO THEIR BUSINESS.Financial wellness benefits, just like Parental Benefits, are mostly important as a weapon for recruiting and retaining top talent.84%
FINANCIAL WELLNESS BENEFITS ARE:
WHILE 84% OF COMPANIES AGREED THAT FINANCIAL WELLNESS IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR BUSINESS, 4 OUT OF 5 COMPANIES
DON'T FOLLOW THE BEST PRACTICES.
Important to recruiting/retaining top talent 59%
Important to our brand 35%
Important for the bottom line of our business 31%
Will be important in 2019 28%
Not important yet 16%
THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO FINANCIAL WELLNESS40% of respondents identified the cost of medical care as one of the biggest barriers for employees to
become financially well.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
65%
Cost of living
41%
Student loan debt
40%
The cost of medical care
33%
Knowing what to do
(education)
33%
Lack of planning/discipline
22%
The economy
21%
Stagnant or low wages
1%
Other
WHAT FINANCIAL WELLBEING BENEFITS DO YOU OFFER?While over 40% of respondents say that student loan debt is their employees' biggest barrier to
financial wellness, only 6% of the respondents offer any college debt benefits.
401(K)
95%
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
84%
Health Saving Account (HSA)
61%
Discount Program
43%
Financial Planning &Education
42%
Banking Benefits(ie: loan discounts, mortgage discounts, etc)
17%
Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
13%
Payday Loans/Advances
7%
College Debt Benefits
6%
Other
10%
#1: Establish your Financial Wellness goals
#2: Document your Financial Wellness strategy
#3: Add formal Financial Wellness measurements
No
Yes
22%
78%
No
Yes
9 %
91%
No
Yes
19%
81%
THE MOST POPULAR FINANCIAL WELLNESS BENEFITS
THE NEW IRS RULING OPENS THE DOOR FOR EMPLOYERS TO USE 401(K) PLANS TO ASSIST EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REPAYING
STUDENT LOANS.[1]
Are you familiar with the IRS ruling that opens the door for employers to use 401(k) plans to assist employees who are repaying student loans?
49% of respondents are aware of
the new IRS ruling but only 1% are adding this feature to their financial wellness plans.
Would you consider adding this feature?
61% 29% 1%9%
We will consider it at a later date
We are thinking about it
We will not add it We are adding it
Retirement planning: 64%
YES
36%
NO
Do you match your employees contributions?
54%
YES
46%
NO
Do you have automatic 401(k) enrollment?
37%
YES
63%
NO
Is there auto escalation as well?
5 keys to a Successful Financial Wellness Program: bit.ly/financial-wellness-program
Survey consisted of 86 responses from companies with 15 to 3,000 Benefits Eligible
Employees across different industries and geographical locations within the US.
[1] bit.ly/IRS-student-loans
[2] bit.ly/HSA-Playbook-2019
w w w. l u m i t y. c o m
The biggest barrier to a higher HSA adoption remains employee understanding and education (45% of respondents). Last year this was also identified as the biggest barrier, so we released an HSA playbook for employers:
Planning for medical expenses: FSAs and HSAs
How to Drive HSA Adoption
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLAYBOOK
Learn the 4-steps to drive HSA adoption[2]
401(k)
NO
51.2%
YES
48.8%
*Note that there was no correlation between company size and following best practices.
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