Employers need agility, adaptability and action to address benefits trends for 2025

REBA’s latest research report, published in partnership with Barnett Waddingham, unveils how organisations are adapting their reward and benefits strategies and spend to wider business and societal transformation.

 

REBA’s Benefits Trends for 2025 Research identifies the key issues driving benefits change over the next 12 months and beyond, from the impact of legislative changes to wider societal shifts and digital transformation, there’s much for employers to think about.

Job design, pay flexibility and benefits strategies will all need to be considered as employers focus on attracting and supporting younger workers against a backdrop of longer working lives, and an increase in preventative health interventions as mental health remains a priority.

With the use of pay flexibility to support reskilling expected to surge by 282% in the next two years, it’s clear that many employers are already embracing the intersections between legislative change, technological advances and employee proposition.

Use this 24-page research report to: 

• Learn about the people risk concerns driving benefits spend
• Hear which legislative changes are causing concern for pay budgets
• Uncover how longer working lives will change health strategies
• Discover how flexible pay strategies will aid business transformation
• Understand how employers are reacting to a tight labour market
• Find out the 14 workforce trends predicted to increase over the next five years.