Tag: Alex Cook
Financial stress – the retention problem employers overlook
Wellness days, Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), flexible hours; employers have spent years building programmes that address health, mental health, work-life balance, and more. Everything except the one thing actually keeping people up at night: money stress.
Employee benefits gap – draining workforce productivity
The world has undergone enormous and fundamental changes. These changes affect the workplace and employee expectations. At the same time, salaries fail to keep pace with the rising cost of living. However, employee benefits still fail to address these pressures adequately. As a result, South Africans continue carrying a 'hidden tax' linked to cognitive overload, financial stress and disengagement.
