Aon highlights ignorance of employee benefits

In Aon's survey of over 1400 respondents, when asked how much they think their company spends on their benefits as a percentage of their individual salary, 60% said they thought it was no more than 10%. Just under half (42%) believed that a paltry 5% or less of their equivalent pay was put towards their benefits, while 28% had "no idea" at all. In reality, British companies typically contribute between 20%-40% of salary in additional benefits. Only 2% of those surveyed by Aon believed that their employer spent at least 20% of their salary on benefits. Examples of real company spend...