"Health and wellbeing support has so many areas of positive impact, not least in helping to attract and retain talent. "
- Debra Clark, Head of Wellbeing at Towergate Health & Protection
Of those surveyed (500), 37% said health and wellbeing support is key to employee retention, while 28% said that this support was the reason employees chose to join the company in the first place. Almost a third (29%) of employers said they’d been able to use specific health and wellbeing support to recruit particular demographics, allowing them to recruit and retain the ‘dream team’.
23% of employers who don’t currently offer health and wellbeing support recognise that this impacts their ability to recruit and retain employees. Without a more robust programme of health and wellbeing support, they could see how they’d miss out on ambitious applicants.
Commenting on these findings, Debra Clark, Head of Wellbeing at Towergate Health & Protection, has said:
“Health and wellbeing support has so many areas of positive impact, not least in helping to attract and retain talent. By offering support targeted at particular groups, an employer can ensure that they and their staff are getting the very most from the options available, and forward-thinking employers see just how much this can support their recruitment and retention strategy.”
