Are UK organisations' employee benefits linked to defined objectives (e.g., retention, engagement, productivity) and reviewed against them?

31.1%Objectives not reviewed

31.1% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Objectives not reviewed” on benefits linked to defined objectives (base: 267 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether employee benefits are tied to defined objectives such as retention or engagement, and whether their performance is reviewed against those aims. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

For context, CIPD Reward Survey: Focus on Employee Benefits reports 77% (base: all-UK).