The EBRI report, “2021 Workplace Wellness Survey,” was published as the September 2021 EBRI Chartbook, and is available online here. The 2021 Workplace Wellness Survey is made possible with funding support from the following November 4, 2021, #409 organizations: AARP, Cigna, Fidelity Investments, Lincoln Financial, Mercer, Morgan Stanley, NRECA, Unum, Voya Financial, and Wells Fargo. The Employee Benefit Research Institute is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute based in Caregiving Benefits Are Key to Washington, DC, that focuses on health, savings, retirement, and economic security issues. EBRI does not lobby and does not take policy posiWork tions. The wo -Li rk ofe B f EBRIal is m an ade po ce ss ifo ble by f r Man unding fy ro m its members and sponsors, which include a broad range of public, private, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. For more information go to www.ebri.org or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn. Work-life balance is important to employees, but satisfaction with it has gone down. Outside of income and compensation, and just after quality health care, employees most value work-life balance from their Greenwald Research is a leading independent custom research firm and consulting partner to the health and employer. However, fewer than half (48 percent) of employees are satisfied with their current work-life wealth industries that applies creative quantitative and qualitative methods to help companies stay competitive balance, down from 6 in 10 in 2018. and navigate industry change. Leveraging deep subject matter expertise and a consultative approach, Greenwald Figure 1 It is challenging to keep a good balance between work offers comprehensive services to answer strategic business questions. For more information, go to and caregiving responsibilities In the recently released Workplace Wellness Survey, www.greenwaldresearch.com the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and 17% Greenwald Research examined a broad spectrum of ### 22% worker attitudes toward financial wellbeing, employment-based health insurance, and retirement 59% benefit issues. The survey found that caregiving can Agree 25% challenge work-life balance. 36% • Six in ten employees say it’s challenging to keep a good balance between work and Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree caregiving responsibilities (Figure 1). Somewhat Disagree Strongly Disagree Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research, 2021 Workplace Wellness Survey. Caregiving leads to several challenges related to work- life balance. Figure 2 What type of challenges do you face balancing your work • Caregiving leads to feelings of stress (45 and caregiving responsibilities? percent) and not having enough time to spend Generally feeling 45% on loved ones (32 percent), as well as overwhelmed or stressed Not having enough time to significant financial strain and debt (32 32% spend on your loved ones percent) (Figure 2). Caregiving benefits could Significant financial 32% strain/debt be an opportunity to improve work-life Relationship problems with 24% balance. family Unable to fully focus on • Only one-third of employees are currently 23% work when working offered paid time off for caregiving. In Not having enough money 19% to cover caregiving needs contrast, three-quarters are offered paid Unable to focus on care 16% when caregiving vacation, two-thirds are offered paid sick leave, Not having enough time to one-half are offered paid maternity leave, and 4 16% do your work well in 10 are offered paid paternity leave. Other <0.5% • Two in ten employees say more caregiving None of these 14% benefits or resources would add value to their Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research, 2021 employer’s employee benefit offerings. Workplace Wellness Survey. EBRI’s on Twitter! @EBRI or http://twitter.com/EBRI EBRI blog: https://ebriorg.wordpress.com/ EBRI on Twitter: @EBRI or http://twitter.com/EBRI Blog: https://ebriorg.wordpress.com/ © 2021, Employee Benefit Research Institute, 901 D St. SW, Suite 802, Washington, DC 20024, 202/659-0670 www.ebri.org 2