Why Financial Illness is a Business Problem Employers Can’t Ignore

Frontline manager speaks to a financially sick warehouse employee about how his employer benefit Brightside Financial Care can help

Employee financial health is in crisis—and it’s a business problem that costs companies more than they may realize. A WTW study revealed that poor employee financial health costs large employers $3,000 to $4,000 per employee each year. While physical and mental wellbeing programs have grown in popularity, poor financial health remains the most overlooked dimension […]

The Missing Piece in Wellbeing Benefits: Treatment for Financial Illness

Checklist of employee wellbeing indicators with all but financial selected

Benefits leaders invest so much time, energy, and resources into selecting wellbeing benefits that help employees thrive, personally and professionally.  Yet, more than 70% of employees are living paycheck to paycheck, and Americans are struggling with record levels of household debt.   This means that many employees and, by extension, their employers, are facing a crisis […]