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Good things don’t happen by chance. They happen by choice. And workplace wellbeing is no exception that. It should be about equipping your people with the tools and wherewithal to make good choices; choices that will positively impact their health and happiness. So, it stands to reason that wellbeing strategy must evolve beyond a set of standalone initiatives, such as awareness day campaigns, to something that takes into account things like employee benefits and work design too. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed employee wellbeing right up to the top of the business agenda, with more than eight in 10 companies globally now seeing wellbeing as a key focus, according to Aon’s latest global survey.1 A greater understanding of the link between employee wellbeing and performance is one reason for this. Researcher Gallup’s figures indicate that employees who score highly on wellbeing charts are also 41% less likely to miss work due to poor health and 81% less likely to seek to change employers within the next 12 months.2 Legal & Genera’s latest research amongst SME employers adds further weight to this. It found that while just over half (54%) of employers have a formal wellbeing strategy, for nearly a third
