The four pillars of workplace financial wellbeing explained

'Fair, inclusive, safe and supportive'

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Johanna Nelson explores the meaningful implementation of financial wellbeing strategies in workplaces

Fair. Inclusive. Safe. Supportive. These are the four people strategy outputs that the CIPD focused on at a recent talk - encouraging employers to strive towards workplace strategies that resulted in fair, inclusive, safe and supportive working environments for employees. These outputs - fair, inclusive, safe and supportive - are not just nice words, but indicative of the uphill trajectory that the HR world, and workplace, is now on in terms of bringing compassion into the workplace. It's official. Employee wellbeing matters. It is no longer a ‘nice to have' - but a fundamental compon...

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