{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689df5d6290bdec8f923f30f/6a15aa07942fd187544afa4c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Podcast 230: Why financial wellbeing is a business performance issue","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689df5d6290bdec8f923f30f/1779804547734-f38003f8-f2fc-4cc8-95bf-066ac1b1814a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Financial wellbeing is often treated as a personal challenge, but money worries can have a direct impact on performance, absence, engagement and retention. More concerningly, just 15 per cent of UK organisations have a formal financial wellbeing policy or strategy, according to the CIPD’s latest Reward Survey 2026, supported by Everywhen. So, what role should people professionals play in supporting employees’ financial wellbeing?</p><p><br></p><p>Join Nigel Cassidy and this month’s guests – Mona Parikh, Associate Director, Reward at Coventry University; Charlie Goodman, Client Director at Everywhen; and Charles Cotton, Senior Policy and Practice Adviser, Pay, Reward and Performance – as they explore why financial wellbeing is not an ‘add-on’, but a strategic workforce challenge.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>More from this episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"/link/a1a18ffd82734a39a7e3301e0309c61f.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report: <em>Reward Survey: Focus on Benefits 2026</em></a></li><li><a href=\"/en/knowledge/guides/employee-financial-well-being/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Guide:<em> </em>Employee financial wellbeing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website: Money Helper</a></li></ul>","author_name":"CIPD"}