Welcome to Aon Hewitt’s European Employee Benefits Benchmark Survey (EEEB). This is the second report based on our recent online survey of workers in ten leading economies. More than 7500 people took part, providing fresh employees perspectives on companysponsored benefits in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. The report focuses on how benefits— the services or products that companies provide to their workers apart from salaries—might influence employees’ relationships with their employers. It is designed to help human resources directors and other senior managers improve the design and scope of benefit packages to make them more attractive to employees in a rapidly changing financial and economic landscape. The timing of the report—as Europe begins to emerge out of recession—underlines the importance of well-tailored benefits packages. In 8 of the 10 countries surveyed, over 30% of respondents intend to look for new jobs over the next 6-12 months (See Chart 1). In the UK and Ireland, the proportion was close to 50%.