When it comes to the perks and benefits employees use most, there\u2019s a strong preference for ones that support flexibility and lifestyle, the research found.<\/p>\n
The most popular benefits used by staff include working from home\/hybrid options (41%), flexible work arrangements (32%), sabbaticals\/leave of absence (26%), flexible benefits programme (23%) and extended parental leave (22%).<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployees are placing greater value on benefits that give them more flexibility and better support their wellbeing,\u201d Alexander said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe perks used most are those that provide practical, lasting support for work-life balance, reflecting a clear shift towards benefits many employees now see as essential rather than optional extras.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, while hybrid working and flexible arrangements may be the most-utilised benefits among Kiwi workers, around a quarter (30% and 24% respectively) of employees aren\u2019t accessing these options.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that benefits like hybrid working and flexible arrangements appear on both the most-used and least-used lists shows there is a clear divide in how these benefits are experienced across workplaces,\u201d Alexander said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn some organisations, they are a normal part of working life, while in others, they are limited by role type, eligibility or workplace culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs employers rethink their total rewards strategies, it is not just about offering benefits, but making sure employees can genuinely access and use them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to the perks and benefits employees use most, there\u2019s a strong preference for ones that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3225,95,27299,16717,138,4484,3116,8455,305,51928,194,541,5829,3025,111,139,158042,69,2685,48211,131832,180390,1518,1516,6100,223,8229,59054,4576],"class_list":["post-342105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-according","tag-and","tag-arent","tag-becoming","tag-business","tag-employees","tag-employers","tag-getting","tag-have","tag-increasingly","tag-kiwi","tag-limited","tag-many","tag-most","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nontraditional","tag-nz","tag-offerings","tag-ones","tag-perks","tag-prioritise","tag-research","tag-staff","tag-still","tag-the","tag-they","tag-valued","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}