WorldatWork Article: How Financial Benefits Can Renew Your Commitment With Employees

Your employees aren't staying because they're happy. They're staying because they're scared.

That's not loyalty, it's anxiety. And it can break the moment the job market loosens up.

New data from WorldatWork makes the stakes clear:
→ 86% of workers worry about finances at work
→ 71% say it's hurting their mental health
→ 43% are still quietly job hunting, even in a "job-hugging" market
→ 91% would be more likely to stay with an employer offering personalized financial benefits

Meanwhile, hundreds of billions of dollars in unused PTO liability sits idle on corporate balance sheets, a benefit employees already earned, but can't use for what they actually need.

PTO Exchange turns that liability into real financial relief: retirement contributions, HSA funding, student loan payments, emergency cash, employee's choice, no debt, no new employer cost.

Anxious retention isn't a strategy. Real financial wellness is.

Read the full WorldatWork piece: https://worldatwork.org/publications/workspan-daily/how-financial-benefits-can-renew-your-commitment-with-employees