UK reward metrics · Health & Protection

Do UK organisations provide optical cover or eye-care vouchers beyond DSE statutory requirements?

Source lumi HRBase 265 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

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

Yes 87.5% Statutory DSE only 12.5%
Optical cover beyond DSE requirements (base: 265 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Optical cover beyond DSE requirements: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yescommon87.5%
Statutory DSE onlyrare12.5%

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).

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/optical-cover-beyond-dse-requirements
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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