Employee Preferences for Flexible Health Welfare Schemes: A Case Study of the Minor Food Group Public Company Limited

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study personal factors and preferences on flexible health welfare schemes as perceived by employees at the Minor Food Group Public Company Limited; and 2) to find out role of different personal factors and employees’ preferences on the explored schemes. The study sample consisted of 187 employees working in the case study company. A questionnaire was used for data collection and the statistics to perform data analysis were percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study found that 1) the majority of respondents were below 25 year-old single women working in the marketing department. Employees’ overall needs for flexible health welfare plans was at a high level in this prioritized order: annual medical check-ups, vaccines and immunization, reimbursement of medical expenses for family welfare, and an additional dental coverage; 2) Personal factors, i.e. different individual status affects employee needs and preferences on flexible health welfare plans (*p < .05). Married staff members, both childless and those with parental status demonstrated greater needs for workplace benefits of flexible health welfare than the single counterparts.