Cost Pressures Are Reshaping Today’s Small and Mid-Sized Business Workforce
MetLife, Inc. (MET)
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New MetLife data reveals how rising costs and “job hugging” are changing how SMBs support and retain talent NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Small and mid-sized (SMB) businesses are navigating an increasingly complex environment marked by rising costs, heightened employee financial stress, and growing expectations. New insights from MetLife’s 2026 U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study (EBTS) show that affordability pressures are reshaping how SMB employers operate and how their employees experience work.Employers with fewer than 1,000 employees cite rising medical costs (72%) and the increasing cost of doing business (68%) as top stressors, prompting employers to rank controlling health costs as their number one benefits priority for the first time since 2022.1Small businesses are also facing broader cost issues: the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (SBI) found that 70% say rising prices have impacted operations in the past year2, and 34% cite cost as the biggest road
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- 4/3/26 - Form 4
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