Alight study finds 45% of US employees worry savings won’t last

• Alight research flagged rising financial stress, with 45% of U.S. employees worried their money or savings will not last.
• Healthcare decision-making worsened, with 67% reporting regret over a healthcare choice in the past year, up from 2025.
• Productivity gap widened, with high financial wellbeing workers 20 percentage points more likely to report being always or often productive.
• Retention risk increased, with 55% of low financial wellbeing employees open to other job opportunities versus 32% for high wellbeing.
• AI adoption accelerated, with 64% using AI at work weekly; 65% expressed interest in personalized employer benefits messaging.

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