87.5%Yes
87.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Yes” on optical cover beyond DSE requirements (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Yescommon | 87.5% |
| Statutory DSE onlyrare | 12.5% |
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
Indicates whether optical cover or eye-care vouchers extend beyond the statutory DSE eye-test requirement. 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 RM 2022: Focus on employee benefits reports 63% (base: all-UK employers).
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/optical-cover-beyond-dse-requirementsLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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