Financial Wellbeing

Caroline Gleeson: Bolstering financial well-being – tips for negotiating a pay rise

Conversations around pay can often be uncomfortable, especially during these uncertain times, however, this doesn't mean you can't request a pay rise if you feel you deserve it!

Just one in three UK businesses prepared to handle employee wellbeing concerns

The number of employees voicing wellbeing concerns is on the rise, but a significant number of organisations and managers are ill-prepared to address them.

Surge in workers seeking financial well-being advice ahead of National Pension Day

Over the last two months, 46% of Engage users have accessed resources and support related to managing their finances and debts, highlighting growing concerns.

COLC puts pressure on working parents causing work life collision

Researchers discovered 87 percent now regularly look after their children while still trying to do their day job, with 85 percent even having to work in the same room as their kids.

Businesses can use AI to tackle financial crime

As technology continues to advance at a rapid rate, financial crime has taken on a new dimension, posing a multifaceted threat to financial institutions. 

Stress caused by financial worry the issue affecting most generations of staff

Employers believe anxiety related to financial worry and debt is the number one health and wellbeing concern among all generational employee demographics, with the exception of Baby-boomers.

£27 Billion in lost pension pots could ease cost-of-living strain for over-55s

An estimated one in 20 people are thought to have mislaid or forgotten a pension which averages £9,500 – money which could cushion the impact of rising prices, if they are 55 or older.

New study reveals SMEs’ missed opportunities in employee workplace pensions

New report finds a substantial number of SMEs are failing to fully maximise the benefits of employee workplace pensions, leaving potential retirement savings untapped.

Scott Read: Employee engagement starts with the payroll professionals

National Payroll Week falls 11-15 September and it’s an occasion designed to mark the hard work payroll professionals do to keep Britain paid. And they really do. 

Marcus Beaver: Why and how employers should support their people through financial worries

Financial uncertainties are hard to ignore, with over half saying that financial concerns distract from day-to-day work and 4/10 report long-term financial planning is causing them stress.

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