Office worker cutout By 2021, thevast majority of the more than 500 employers surveyed will haveassessed how well their diversity and inclusion objectives havebeen incorporated within their workplace. (Photo:Shutterstock)

Diversity and inclusion have become increasingly importantacross a wide range of initiatives for more and more employers,according to Willis Towers Watson's 2019 Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey.

By 2021, the vast majority of the more than 500 employerssurveyed will have assessed how well their diversity and inclusion objectives have beenincorporated within their workplace culture and policies (85percent of respondents are planning to have done that by 2021);benefit programs (81 percent); employee pay (78 percent); andwell-being programs (77 percent).

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.