Counseling sessions intended to help employees repay their outstanding monetary obligations and organize their finances now play an increasingly important role in promoting labor stability.

Investigating the changing trend in corporate culture, a recent study conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) highlighted the dramatic disconnect between workers' economic unease and the preparedness of corporate leaders to offer financial guidance within the workplace under ordinary business conditions.

The IFEBP survey queried the representatives of more than 400 public and private organizations within the U.S. and Canada. According to the resulting estimates, just about half of all participants deemed their workforce to be significantly challenged by the expenses of basic living, and nearly two-thirds presumed additional difficulties would hinder efforts at saving for retirement or juggling the costs associated with unsecured revolving debt loads.