Traditional
wellness programs are failing employees because they're not addressing
the elephant in the room which is the problem of how they can better
manage their personal finances.
Frank
Wiginton, C-E-O of Employee Financial Well Being estimates 61 per cent
of workers are financially stressed. By contrast, only 16 per cent are
considered obese yet every wellness programme focuses on diet and
exercise.
He also
points out people who are stressed out are six times more likely to be
depressed and 7 times more likely to suffer from high anxiety which are
not good for productivity on the job.