Understanding our personal finances --- how to budget, save, pay off, spend, and invest wisely -- is essential for everyone, including your employees. Financial wellness is a growing concern of employees and the Culture and HR managers that we speak to on a daily basis.

One of the most common questions we get when speaking to HR Directors is “Why do I need The Financial Gym when we can bring in our 401K provider to speak about financial literacy?” This is valid, and it begs the question: “How financially literate are your employees?”

Increasingly, employers are realizing the importance of supporting their employees’ mental health and wellbeing, and financial health plays a huge role in that. Thirty-four percent of employees said that financial stress has severely impacted their mental health, according to the 2022 PwC Employee Financial Wellness Survey. That stress extends into the workplace: nearly one-fifth of employees said that financial stress greatly affected their productivity at work.

Employees’ desire for financial wellness programming and resources is also becoming more common.

Understanding our personal finances --- how to budget, save, pay off, spend, and invest wisely -- is essential for everyone, including your employees. Financial wellness is a growing concern of employees and the Culture and HR managers that we speak to on a daily basis. We have complied free resources so you can create a free financial wellness week for your employees.

Understanding our personal finances --- how to budget, save, pay off, spend, and invest wisely -- is essential for everyone, including your employees. Financial wellness is a growing concern of employees and the Culture and HR managers that we speak to on a daily basis. We have complied free resources so you can create a free financial wellness week for your employees.

54% of employees say that Financial or money matters/challenges cause them stress according to the PWC Employee Financial Wellness Survey. Studies have shown that if employees are financially unwell, absenteeism and presentee-ism will increase and employee productivity will decrease.