Survey Reports

A new pulse survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans reveals increased U.S. employer spending on cancer/oncology care as well as popular steerage techniques used to contain costs.

This report reveals details about flexible work arrangements, including part-time work arrangements and remote work for U.S. corporate and public employers.

This pulse survey is designed to help plan sponsors navigate the changing landscape and to learn about considerations for U.S. employers regarding health care costs for the coming year.

This report examines how Canadian employers are addressing coverage and policy decisions related to GLP-1 medications, traditionally used for diabetes management and weight loss.

This report explores how U.S. employers are approaching coverage and decision-making related to GLP-1 medications, traditionally used to treat diabetes and support weight loss.

This report reveals details about current initiatives and insights into the changing needs of employees as well as the growing importance of wellbeing and financial stability, covering personal factors impacted by financial challenges, impact on work performance and solutions through financial education.

The report covers both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans using data from Form 5500 Annual Reports filed with the Department of Labor.

Benefit costs over the past 15-year period have increased an average of 4.3% per year, according to this new report. The average benefit costs for the plans increased about 5% from 2018 to 2020, reaching $12,298 per participant per year (PPPY).

This survey report reveals education benefit offerings and utilization. More than nine in ten U.S. organizations (92%) offer some sort of educational benefit, the most common of which is tuition reimbursement.

This survey report reveals the prevalence of various mental health challenges among workers and their families.

This survey report is the eighth in a series examining employee benefit offerings from corporations, public employers and multiemployer benefit plans across the United States.

A survey report that addresses the current status and approach of organizational paid leave policies, including unlimited paid time off (PTO), PTO banks, paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid family leave and part-time employee paid leave.

This report examines the challenges faced by programs and apprentices, recruitment and retention initiatives, life skills initiatives, program marketing strategies, and the prevalence of mental health and substance use disorder issues within apprenticeship programs as well as the support available to current apprentices.

This survey report reveals the operations and staffing practices of corporate benefits departments across the United States.

This pulse survey is designed to help plan sponsors prepare for 2023 by benchmarking their total rewards against what other organizations are planning.

The new student loan relief plan may affect organizations’ considerations for student loan benefits. The International Foundation launched a pulse survey on August 24, 2022 to understand what employers/plan sponsors are currently offering.

This report provides insights into standard practices for year-round benefit communication, open enrollment communication and how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered those communication efforts.

This report surveyed 210 U.S. corporate and public employers on their preparation for unexpected work stoppages, including electronic threats, natural disasters, illnesses, and workplace violence and harassment.

The survey examines trust fund challenges; trustee recruitment, selection and retention; trust fund policies; the use of professional trustees; and trust fund attributes.

This survey report examines the current status, approach, impact and policies of transportation benefits and incentives provided by corporations and public employers in the United States.