SHRM’s 2014 Strategic Benefits Survey collected data on how organizations leverage benefits to retain employees, including employees at all levels of the organization, highly skilled employees and high-performing employees. This research found that about one-quarter (24%-26%) of respondents indicated their organization leveraged their benefits program to retain employees at all levels of the organization, highly skilled employees and high-performing employees in the past 12 months. Health care was the benefit most frequently cited as being leveraged to retain employees at all levels of the organization (74%), high-performing employees (60%) and highly skilled employees (70%). Retirement savings and planning were also frequently cited as being leveraged to retain employees at all levels of the organization (62%) and high-performing employees (54%), whereas more respondents indicated their organization leveraged leave benefits and flexible working benefits (both 53%) to retain highly skilled employees.