Proving the business case for financial wellness programs
Proving the business case for financial wellness programs. Financial wellness has been a buzz phrase in the workplace for a few years now – with good reason. More and more data show how bad for productivity the problem of employee financial stress is. In Australia, AMP’s 2020 Financial Wellness Report showed 1.8 million Australian workers […]
Mindfulness practice reduces time off work for anxiety sufferers
Mindfulness practice reduces time off work for anxiety sufferers. Working with someone who is extremely anxious isn’t always fun, but it’s worth remembering stress hits everyone, including us. Anxiety disorders are by some measures the most common mental health issues in the western world, even more common than depression. Previously research has shown sufferers of […]
The staggering costs of personal financial stress at work
The staggering costs of personal financial stress at work. For a while we’ve known that financial stress has an impact on our productivity at work. But how much worse financially sick staff fare compared to their financially healthy colleagues will come as a shock. It’s clear absenteeism and presenteeism is rife amongst employees feeling financially […]
Employees want help with their financial stress
Employees want help with their financial stress. Does it strike you as strange that the biggest stressor we face isn’t talked about in plans offered to help with our stress? In recent years employers have recognised the personal stresses experienced by staff can affect productivity and the bottom line, due partly to the sheer amount […]
Employees want mental health at work taken seriously
Employees want mental health at work taken seriously. Australian employers don’t understand their employees’ major life concerns, according to a study of 500 workers and 300 bosses released in November 2016. Insurance company Metlife’s Employee Benefit Trends Study found that Australian bosses dramatically underestimated the importance of staff concerns about mental health issues. Depression, anxiety, […]
Single Women Leading Men in US Home Ownership
Single Women Leading Men in US Home Ownership. The latest research into women’s struggles with money, Mary Pilon of Bloomberg notes, can make for dreary news. “Women earn less than their male counterparts, pay harsher workplace penalties for pursuing parenthood, struggle more with debt, and save less for retirement,” Pilon wrote of the situation in […]