Tag: FinancialStress
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.
Households earning under R25,000 trapped in payday loan cycle
As South Africa enters a new year, many people still feel the financial aftershocks of the December holidays. Pressures from the final quarter of the previous year continue to linger. For countless families, festive cheer has faded quickly. In its place, a harsh reality has emerged.
