Gen Y workers say workplace benefits have taken on a more important role in choosing - and sticking with - an employer.

According to the Fidelity Generation Y study released this week, 62 percent say the quality of benefits packages influences their choice of employer with 64 percent saying it also impacts their job loyalty.

Younger Americans ranging from age 22 to 33 attribute a more conservative generational attitude to the economic crisis, and this is reflected in not only their financial decisions, but also their employment choices. These younger professionals show a reluctance to "job hop" with one in four indicating they're going to remain with their employer until retirement, up from 14 percent in early 2008.