'Something is wrong' | Half of UK HR leaders think their workplace benefits aren't working

New research on the uptake of employee benefits has revealed that HR leaders across the UK believe benefits and work perks are falling short.

A lack of focus on what employees actually need and a failure to properly onboard staff are among the key reasons that benefits aren’t being used, the analysis found.

In a survey of 500 UK HR Directors, carried out by employee money-saving platform Nous.co, almost half (48%) of HR leaders said they were seeing poor uptake of employee benefits because “employees don’t seem interested” in what’s on offer, showing perks are missing the mark for staff.

Two thirds (62%) agreed the benefits they currently offer “don’t address what people really need” or are “only useful to some of the workforce”.