Hybrid working, neurodiversity and wellbeing for all

"Assessments should be based on ideas and what you bring to the table, not how loud you are"

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Vanessa Sallows, claims & governance director at Legal & General Group Protection, examines the benefits of hybrid working for neurodiverse colleagues, the challenges of loneliness and what good wellbeing support looks like. Obviously not everyone, in every industry, can enjoy the benefits hybrid working can often bring (control, flexibility, work life balance to name a few). But, where it is an option, it can prove empowering for neurodiverse employees; helping remove the extra noise, stresses and strains and even the loneliness that the office environment can bring. Ongoing rumbl...

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