According to sources, those looking for jobs today keep in mind two important factors among others. These include adequate pay, reasonable flexibility and of course, the right kind of benefits. As an employer or organizational head, attracting the right kind of applicants involves making sure the workspace you provide is positive and comfortable. One of the things that really play a part here is employee benefits.
Think about it. What incentives are you providing those who work for you? Further, are you keeping up with the rest of the corporate world or are the benefits you’re offering the sort that can be considered redundant?
Employee Wellness Trends in 2019 you Should Consider
Our HR outsourcing company needs to keep up with the latest in HR and employee benefit trends in order to offer the level of services that we do. We’ve highlighted three employee wellness trends that have seriously picked up momentum this year. More specifically, the sort you want to look into implementing if you haven’t already.
Making Self-Care a Priority
More and more people have become engaged with different methods of self-care and understand its importance. Though self-care is something that mental health practitioners and other professionals have been stressing on for years, the corporate world has finally begun to pick up on this in a big way this year.
Self-care is mutually beneficial for employees as well as for the organization. According to the Harvard Business Review, self-care is one of the things that are known to boost productivity. Leading companies the word over have taken to introducing various employee benefits relating to self-care and actively encouraging the same within and outside the workplace. Self-care helps with boosting morale as well as motivation. It also helps employees work more efficiently and improves confidence.
Personalization
Though one size fits all type employee benefit plans were once adequate, this year, many leading companies have taken things a step further. The introduction of certain technology has made it easier to gather and store personal employee data.
The same can also be used to help formulate more personalized benefit plans which are tailored keeping in mind specific employees and what they need. Though this may not be something that smaller setups need, companies with fifty or more employees would probably do well to integrate more personalization in their wellness benefits.
On-Site Medical Support
As you know, doctor visits and other medical obligations can cut into company time and stress out employees. In order to reduce the stress on both ends while attending to basic health needs, many organizations have begun introducing clinics or basic/general medical support facilities onsite.
This saves the time employees spend commuting from work to the doctor and back. It also helps as employees needn’t worry about asking for time off or about paying lofty bills for simple checkups!
Countering Burnout
There was a time, particularly between the 80s and 90s when burnout was no one’s problem but the employees. Today things are different and employee burnout is very much something companies need to help counter. In 2019, given that many employees need to work longer, harder and faster, this has become a priority.
Some trends to address burnout include encouraging employees to take space and time off from work, helping employees with personal regulation and allowing them a degree of flexibility among others.
Financial Support
Giving employees a salary is great but in 2019, with the world economy as it stands organizations need to do more. Financial struggles in this day and age can be extremely stressful. Oftentimes, financial stresses can be so dire that it directly affects employee performance at work.
The introduction of saving programs, retirement funds, support in financial planning and more is something numerous organizations are looking into.
Winding Down
If you feel your company is already looking after all aspects of employee benefits and you have all or most of the trends mentioned above covered, kudos! If not, we can help you implement some of these into your current benefit programs as well as help you formulate an updated employee benefits program to implement. Feel free to connect with us for more information. All the best!
