Income alone may be insufficient: How employers can help advance health equity in the workplace

McKinsey December 3, 2021
Jenny Cordina, Megan Greenfield, Lindsay Purcell, and Jeris Stueland

A recent survey of large US employers found women of color and LGBTQ+ employees have the highest share of unmet basic needs. Employers may consider expanding the range of benefits offered.

The COVID-19 pandemic and a national reckoning on racial injustice in the United States in 2020 drew attention to many disparities among Americans, including access to healthcare and outcomes in health. Those gaps continue to exist including for individuals who work for large US employers.

Health equity in the workplace means that all employees have a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.¹ Large employers have long offered employer-sponsored health insurance, but now many are asking what more they can do to help employees access the...

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