Research & guides

This second annual report outlines benefits decisions and priorities from 200 employers.

Based on interviews with more than 3,450 HR and reward professionals and employees covering seven global regions, this annual research finds that 79% of UK employers have increased their benefits spend over the last year.

‘Recogdemption’ is defined as “the act of giving early recognition, which accelerates early engagement in reward redemption and drives retention”.

Carried out across 13 countries spanning five global regions excluding the US, this report surveyed 442 employers and 1,460 employees across a range of industries.

This report explores the key trends shaping the ageing workforce in the UK, the challenges HR teams face and some practical steps employers can take to build inclusive, age positive workplaces.

This study draws on conversations with leaders across industry and a survey over 2,010 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) wellbeing decision makers across the UK.

This report shares the findings of the first stage of nest’s financial resilience project to develop and trial new solutions for the millions of UK workers who lack financial resilience.

The government-commissioned review, led by former John Lewis Partnership Chairman Charlie Mayfield, highlights that the UK has been sliding into an economic inactivity crisis driven in large part by ill-health and barriers to work faced by disabled people. 

Based on insights from 500+ senior HR, Reward and Benefits professionals, this report explores the cost pressures, administrative burden, and data gaps holding teams back.

The third annual report surveys 500 HR leaders and 2,000 adults from across the UK to gauge insights into the evolution of the employee benefits landscape.

Providing forecasts for over 100 countries and locations around the world, this report offers insights from Aon professionals on how they expect medical rates to change, based on their consultations with clients and the carriers represented in their medical plan portfolio. 

Subtitled ‘The role of health and protection insurance’, this report presents the latest gathered data on people in the UK using health and protection insurance.

The UK’s financial wellbeing has fallen for the first time, according to the report, which uses data from over 2,300 adults as part of the Finwell Index. 

Combining a global survey of 11,800 people aged 50+ with recommendations of collaborative adjustments by governments, societies and corporations, the report – produced with National Innovation Centre for Ageing – considers how to reframe the ageing society. 

This briefing for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives outlines the current picture of work and health risks and provides an overview of labour market projections.