Guardian Workplace Benefits Study Reports
Digital Overdrive: The market is ready for the next milestone in benefits technology innovation
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 9th Annual - January 2021
Find out more about how benefits technology advancements and digitization are shaping the ways that employers manage their resources.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 9th Annual - November 2020
Learn how an effective voluntary benefits and enrollment strategy can address workforce health and productivity and help mitigate risk to your business.
Workforce 2020: Women's well-being
Learn more about how organizations can help support women by establishing policies and providing access to benefits and resources that promote flexibility and contribute to improved health and productivity.
Dental Benefits 2020: Maintaining oral health during COVID-19 and beyond
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 8th Annual - August 2020
Learn how the pandemic has influenced oral health care habits, attitudes toward teledentistry, and feelings about returning to the dentist.
Workforce 2020: Meeting the benefits needs of today’s diverse workforce in a changed world
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 8th Annual – July 2020
Learn how to develop workplace diversity inclusion strategies by focusing on the needs of four key workforce communities: family caregivers, single parents, people who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer), and people with disabilities.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 7th Annual – February 2020
Learn how employers can help avoid instances of workers’ compensation abuse by offering group accident and disability insurance.
Coming into Focus: The Role of Vision Benefits and Eye Care in Health & Wellness
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 7th Annual – December 2019
Examine U.S. trends in vision health, the correlation between eye health and overall wellness, and how vision benefits positively impact eye care behavior and self-reported vision health.
Vaping in America: Use Among Working Adults in 2019
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 7th Annual – September 2019
Explore usage trends based on demographics, the potential impact of vaping on oral health as well as how the latest headlines may affect the future of vaping.
What Employees Want: Benefits that drive engagement and retention
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 6th Annual – August 2019
Learn how employers are getting creative in offering benefits that best meet the needs/wants of their workforce to drive engagement and retention.
Protecting Those We Love: The Role of Life Insurance in Financial Wellness
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 7th Annual – Financial Wellness Series, Part 3, Sept 2019
Examine trends in life insurance ownership, the lack of adequate coverage (especially those who only have coverage through work) and the financial impact of insufficient coverage when tragedy strikes
Income Protection: The Role of Disability Insurance in Financial Wellness
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study 6th Annual – Financial Wellness Series, Part 2, May 2019
When it comes to protecting income, many working Americans overlook the need to make it a priority.
An Ounce of Prevention: The Benefits of Regular Dental Visits
Dental Thought Leadership, 2019 Research Brief, May 2019
Explore how a small amount of preventive dental care can improve oral health and enable earlier diagnosis of serious conditions.
College Debt in America: The Case for Tuition & Loan Repayment Benefits
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study 6th Annual – Financial Wellness Series, Part 1, Feb 2019
Read our report to see why more employers are making the case for tuition and loan repayment benefits.
The Future of Dentistry: Improving America’s Oral Health and Wellness
Thought Leadership - Insights and Perspectives, January 2019
How will the landscape of dentistry shift under changing demographics, evolving healthcare models, and new medical knowledge?
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 5th Annual – October 2018
This new report examines how market forces are prompting small businesses to address workforce well-being and adopt technology to upgrade the employee benefits experience.
Game Changer: The Digitalization of Employee Benefits Delivery
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 5th Annual, January 2018
Guardian’s workplace benefits study examines the dramatic rise of benefits technology solutions.
Dental Benefits: A Bridge to Oral Health & Wellness
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 5th Annual, January 2018
Learn how dental benefits contribute to employee satisfaction, overall health and cost reduction.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 5th Annual – October 2017
The automation revolution is transforming American jobs and future skill requirements.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 4th Annual, July 2017
The “gig economy” leaves some working Americans financially vulnerable – especially compared to full-time workers who have access to insurance and retirement benefits at the workplace.
Mind, Body, and Wallet: Workforce Wellbeing
Workplace Benefits Study, 4th Annual – February 2017
Learn how financial, emotional, and physical stress factors are affecting employees’ well-being, and what employers can do to help.
Workplace Benefits Study, 4th Annual, January 2017
Employers seek new strategies for addressing cost, administration, and compliance pressures while improving workforce well-being.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 4th Annual, October 2016
Addressing the employee benefits IQ of working Americans as a path to improving financial well-being.
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 4th Annual, Sept 2016
Working Americans rely on their benefits for financial security. But, out-of-pocket medical expenses are taking a toll.
Rethinking Responsibility and Strategy for Employee Benefits
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 3rd Annual, June 2015
Trends and insights to help you understand how employers and employees value workplace benefits.
The Value of Benefits In A Changing Environment
2014 Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 2nd Annual – February 2014
Market trends regarding working American’s shifting attitudes toward employee benefits.
The Perceived Value of Benefits Among Today’s Working Americans
Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, First Annual – September 2012
Guardian establishes a metric to gauge the perceived value of employee benefits among working Americans, following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Absence Management Studies & Tools
The Value of Leave Management Integration
2019 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index & Study, June 2019
Employers are achieving positive outcomes by prioritizing absence management and focusing on a holistic, integrated approach.
Raising the Bar on Employee Leaves Practices and Outcomes
2017 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index and Study, March 2017
Research insights on how employers are raising the bar on employee leave practices and outcomes.
The Guardian Absence Management Scorecard
March 2017
A tool to help you assess and improve the way you manage employee absence.
2015 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index and Study, March 2015
Learn trends, activities and outcomes of absence management, including how to start and improve programs.
A Roadmap for Increasing Employee Workplace Productivity
2013 Guardian Absence Management Activity Index and Study, March 2013
Activities to consider which can increase employee workplace productivity.