Family First: Family Inclusion in Employee Wellbeing

For many of us, our loved ones are our most influential driving force. They are integral to our development, shaping us not only in our personal lives, but in our professional spheres, too. Nowadays, it is all too common to feel pressure to create a ‘healthy’ work-life balance with complete and utter separation between the two worlds. However, as many of us know, this has proven even more difficult since the Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to work from home where working hours are increasingly blended into personal time.

Loved ones, particularly family members can be huge contributors to a person’s emotional and mental wellbeing; both in positive and, sadly sometimes, negative ways. In the unfortunate event that someone becomes unwell or in need of care, the duty often falls to their loved ones to care for them in addition to their existing commitments. For almost 1 in 4 of the working population, being an informal and unpaid carer is a reality that can come with a huge range of mental and emotional pressures.

Family Inclusion is Imperative in Building Effective Employee Wellbeing Strategies

Of late, business leaders have been adapting their employee wellbeing strategies to overcome these at home or at office care challenges, resulting in some positive advancements in this arena. Whilst filling the quotas is not yet completely a thing of the past there is a much more concentrated spotlight on mental health and employee satisfaction and retention.

The best employee wellbeing strategies are those which provide the right support at the right times with streamline delivery through adoption of intelligent digital care and health technologies. Not only does implementing the correct support for employees improve physical, mental and emotional wellbeing but there are also many advantages for the business as a whole. With the right systems in place businesses can expect to see boosts in workforce productivity and employee motivation as well and reductions in unnecessary cost, absenteeism and presenteeism.