{"id":7602,"date":"2019-07-12T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T10:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2021-05-06T06:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T06:56:24","slug":"top-10-specific-employee-benefits-on-trend-to-improve-wellbeing-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/top-10-specific-employee-benefits-on-trend-to-improve-wellbeing-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Specific Employee Benefits On Trend To Improve Wellbeing At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a time when burnout at work keep rising, stress levels are at its highest and unhappiness spread around like a silent disease, it is important to slow down a bit and think what really matters. After all, there are things – like healthcare, motivation, our status at work, what we eat, etc – that shouldn’t go unnoticed if we are to achieve a certain level of wellbeing at our work, and to a further extent in our life.<\/p>\n
That’s why HSC<\/a>, the critical illness support specialists, have launched a new trends report for Summer 2019 detailing the significant rise in \u2018wellbeing\u2019 as an employee benefit. Included in the guide, the 10 specific employee benefits on trend for Summer 2019 are<\/p>\n 1. Virtual healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n Digitalisation of the healthcare system is a win-win for all. By empowering employees to better manage their health and providing faster access to health information, will help vulnerable employees stay at work. We\u2019re starting to see smart tech move into intelligent tech \u2013 this is the future. Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in conjunction with machine learning to produce real time, predictive analysis, or in this case, diagnosis, symptom management and prescriptions. Chatbots, telehealth counselling and medication tracking are becoming the norm for when you are health plan shopping<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. Financial wellbeing<\/strong><\/p>\n A buzzword in the employee benefits space for some time \u2013 but what\u2019s next? Financial stress can have a significant impact on employees\u2019 mental health, leading to signs of depression and anxiety. It is clearly a benefit that will stick around, but companies should look to include other personalised options too, such as health savings accounts, fertility benefits and student loan repayment.<\/p>\n 3. Employee-carers<\/strong><\/p>\n The phenomenon of employee-carers already exists \u2013 it\u2019s time for more employers to get on board. It\u2019s natural for employees feel a sense of obligation to provide eldercare or longer-term support to a person with a health condition. Juggling both work and caregiving responsibilities is a stressful challenge for employees, with a tendency to sacrifice their own health over others. Offering something more tangible such as, providing first aid training<\/a> or a carer support network at work demonstrates how much you care as an employer. A big trend on the way is caregiver leave, which allows employees to take a set amount of paid leave each year to support relatives with serious health illnesses.<\/p>\n