Determining the Success of Financial Wellness Programs
Monitoring improvements in employees’ financial lives effectively gauges the success of employer financial wellness programs. Reported by Employers have been increasingly interested in offering financial well-being programs to employees over the years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this interest. Nearly half (49%) of plan sponsors added financial well-being tools or services to their benefit offerings last year and 17% plan to add them in 2021, according to Alight’s “Hot Topics in Retirement and Financial Wellbeing 2021” report. “Employers are saying, ‘We understand fi...