Prioritise Employee Financial Wellbeing in 2025
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As 2025 approaches, businesses are setting their priorities and goals for the year ahead. In the UK, financial stress is a significant concern, with 36% of employees having taken time off work due to money worries. This stress leads to reduced productivity, higher absenteeism, and lower workplace motivation, all impacting overall business success. Given this impact, employers should consider addressing financial wellbeing as a priority focus for 2025. By providing practical tools and support, employers can help their workforce navigate financial challenges, gain financial stability, confidence, and overall employee wellbeing. Here are four effective ways to improve employee financial wellbeing in 2025.
1. Host Wellbeing Events
Educational webinars and seminars focused on both financial and mental health topics are a great way to engage employees and provide them with useful knowledge and practical tools. These interventions allow employees to…
- Learn essential financial management skills such as budgeting, saving, and investing so they have the knowledge and confidence to make good financial decisions.
- Gain insights into understanding mental wellbeing and how to look after themselves both personally and professionally.
- Interact directly with financial and mental wellbeing experts and ask any questions they may have.
These sessions can be tailored to meet specific employee needs, from understanding the basics of financial planning to planning for retirement. Offering these events regularly ensures employees stay informed and feel supported. Additionally, recording sessions and making them accessible on-demand increases the benefit to all employees allowing them to revisit key points or share them with colleagues and family members.
2. Offer Online Access To Financial Wellbeing Resources
Providing a centralised financial wellbeing portal via our app ensures employees have access to resources that fit their individual learning styles and schedules. Our financial wellbeing portal includes:
- Financial calculators for budgeting, expense tracking, and goal setting.
- On-demand videos, articles, and tutorials covering a range of financial topics.
- Access to book credible and reliable one-to-one financial guidance
By making these resources easily accessible, employees can engage with financial education at their own pace and convenience.
Pairing the portal with e-learning courses can further boost engagement and learning outcomes and provides financial support to suit all. The benefit of e-learning is that employees can access financial education 24/7 at a time and pace that suits them complementing our webinars/seminars.
3. Money Guide Service (One-to-One Support)
Sometimes, employees may need one-to-one guidance to address specific financial concerns. Offering a service like the Money Guide Service can provide invaluable support. This service includes:
- Personalised Meetings: Video or telephone sessions with an experienced Money Guide.
- Comprehensive Support: Assistance with topics like retirement planning, mortgages, savings, investing, credit cards, student loans, and estate planning.
- Empowerment Through Information: Helping employees make informed decisions by considering their unique circumstances and signposting options.
The Money Guide Service can also signpost to other professional services, such as financial advisors or legal experts, when necessary. By giving employees, a safe and confidential space to discuss their financial challenges, employers show they value their employee’s gaining loyalty and decreasing staff turnover.
4. Implement a Strategy
Combining various tools and services into a cohesive wellbeing strategy maximizes the impact on overall business success.
Where To Start?
- Integrating webinars/seminars, e-learning platforms, and the Money Guide Service into your workplace to provide a comprehensive financial wellbeing strategy.
- Collecting feedback from employees to identify areas of focus and ensure current interventions are effective.
Another key element of providing financial wellbeing support to employees is ensuring there is clear communication about available resources, and these are easy to access. Regular newsletters, social media updates, or reminders at in person meetings can help ensure employees are aware of and comfortable using the support available. This also provides opportunities for employees to provide feedback and address any suggestions for improvement.
Improving financial wellbeing has proven benefits on both employees as individuals and businesses as a whole. From hosting webinars to offering one-to-one support through the Money Guide Service, these strategies provide employees with the tools and resources they remain motivated, productive and present. By implementing a comprehensive strategy, businesses can create a supportive environment that prioritises financial wellbeing, leading to happier, more resilient teams.
Make 2025 the year your business prioritises financial wellbeing and reap the benefits.