Employee financial wellness improved in the first quarter of 2013, extending a long-term trend that began in the first quarter of 2010. Employees’ overall financial wellness score reached 5.2 out of 10 vs. 4.9 out of 10 one year ago, as measured by Financial Finesse’s proprietary financial wellness scale.
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Employees accept they cannot rely on employers to fund their retirement and health care, and instead take control of their finances themselves
El Segundo, Calif.—Financial Finesse, the nation’s leading provider of unbiased workplace financial wellness programs, has released its quarterly research report on Trends in Employee Financial Issues for the first quarter of 2013.
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