Better, faster, and more efficient systems are always the goal of managers leading a team or corporate environment. The same is true for HR managers who struggle with the most efficient ways to deliver benefits and better engage with employees.

A new survey shows that employers are doing just that and have increased their spending on benefits-related technology in the past five years. In fact, according to the Guardian Workplace Benefits Study, 50 percent of employers expect further increases in spending over the next three years.

Demographics seem to be playing an important role in the decision-making. Responding to millennials' preference for intuitive and personalized engagement, 75 percent of employers are beginning to improve end-to-end user experiences and are looking at improving self-service platforms (as compared to 61 percent who were thinking about doing so back in 2014).