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Almost 40% of employees don’t know where to get information about picking the right health plan — and 44% regret a healthcare decision they made because they took bad advice, jumped too quickly into treatment, or didn’t check costs or find out if a provider was in-network, according to Alight’s 2023 International Workforce and Well-being Mindset Study .

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WTW’s 2025 Absence, Disability and Medical Leave Survey found organizations are expanding multiple forms of time-away benefits to better meet workforce needs: ;More than 80% of surveyed employers offer parental leave, and 16% expect to enrich those programs.; ;18% of employers plan to expand bereavement leave by increasing duration or broadening eligibility.; ;Caregiver leave is expected to nearly double — from 22% to 39% — over the next two years.; Employers cite improving the employee experience (67%) and strengthening attraction and retention (60%) as the top drivers behind these planned enhancements.

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Building these skill sets in a workforce that is diverse in terms of gender, age, education and experience, race, and national origin provides multiple perspectives and insights needed with increasingly diverse markets and populations.

Negative Experiences The majority of senior leaders in the Acorn survey acknowledged that employees likely need to leave to advance their careers.In fact, the data showed nearly 80% of senior leaders admit employees must exit the organization to get promoted or earn higher pay, and 48% identified the lack of integration between performance management, learning or talent systems as the culprit.