Gethin Nadin

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Why financial wellbeing in 2025 will reclaim the spotlight

Jan 14, 2025 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Financial wellbeing in 2025 is set to reclaim its place at the forefront of workplace wellbeing strategies. The aftermath of the cost-of-living crisis looms strong and has left a lasting impact on employee finances. In light of this, employers will be called upon to prioritise financial support this year in ways that resonate deeply with their workforce. Almost 3 in 4 employees are entering 2025 concerned about the loss of their savings buffer due to the economic environment.
Preparing HR for 2030: Ten intentions to drive future success

Dec 10, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

The role of HR has expanded exponentially in recent years. As we head toward 2030, HR leaders are tasked with balancing rapid technological changes, shifting employee expectations, and the constant push for organisational resilience. Over the next decade, social upheaval will continue to drive HR. The power shift is challenging historic HR systems and how we as employers care for our people. HR plasticity is the new normal.
Now is the time to rethink your 2025 benefits strategy

Nov 18, 2024 | reba.global | Gethin Nadin

If your benefits scheme isn't evolving to meet the demands of the workforce, you risk being left behind. As we approach 2025, we are on the cusp of a major shift in how employees perceive and interact with benefits.
Sickness management policies: Are they worth the paper they’re written on?

Oct 11, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Workplace policies, especially those relating to sickness management, are critical tools for ensuring a smooth, supportive, and legally compliant working environment. However, too often, these policies are tucked away on an intranet, collecting digital dust, only referred to when absolutely necessary. Managers and employees alike may have little familiarity with the policies, and as a result, they are rarely embedded into daily operations or management training.
The right to request a four-day week: A vision for the future of work

Sep 6, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Workers in the UK may soon gain the right to request a four-day working week, a change that could signal a significant step forward in reshaping the future of work. This potential shift, outlined by the Government, builds on a long history of evolving workplace practices. Throughout history—from ancient Rome to the French Revolution and even the Han Dynasty—people have been given regular time off to rest, practice religion, or attend to personal matters.
How to tackle skyrocketing rise in UK workplace sickness costs

Aug 8, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Analysis by thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals the ‘hidden cost’ of workplace sickness in the UK has now increased to more than £100 billion a year. For context, that’s around the same as brands like Tesla, Pepsi and even Disney make in a year. But more alarming than that figure is what it was just six years ago. IPPR’s research shows that, in 2018, UK employers’ annual bill for sickness was 30% less than in 2024.
United for change: Government-employer partnerships to transform society

Jul 25, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Employee attitudes and trust in their employer have now reached record highs. So it’s no surprise to learn that the workplace plays a more substantial role in our wellbeing health than our doctors do. I think this further enhances the potential of the workplace to propel us forward as a society. The UK is on the cusp of a transformative decade, and it’s time to consider the crucial role employers will play in our future.
Workplace wellbeing: are we just wasting our time?

Jul 2, 2024 | reba.global | Gethin Nadin

A company can get a huge economic boost by simply bringing some clarity to the roles of wellbeing and benefits As employee wellbeing strategies bed into our organisations, it is perhaps right to question where we are and what might need to change. The now infamous Oxford study into common workplace wellbeing initiatives has had a profound effect.
The wild west of workplace wellbeing

Jun 24, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin

Two of the questions I get asked most when I do conference talks about workplace wellbeing tend to be along the lines of “what exactly is wellbeing?” and “what is the point?” (or why do we care?). The truth of the matter is that there is no universally agreed definition of wellbeing, let alone workplace wellbeing. But in my second book, I attempted to create a framework of a definition that appeared to resonate with readers.
Are employee assistance programmes worth the investment?

Jun 4, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin |Becky Norman

The newly formed Workplace Wellbeing Action Group (WAGG) believes wellbeing should be formed from a well-rounded approach that will deliver a more successful and cohesive approach than Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) alone. For over one hundred years, EAPs have been supporting employees with access to experts to help them with everything, from mental health to addiction. However, over the last few months these benefits have come under scrutiny.