Wellbeing in 2024 | Five key things to tick off your wellbeing to-do list in January

Once a buzzword, ‘wellbeing’ is now at the top of any boardroom meeting agenda.

In 2023, we saw sickness absences jump to record breaking numbers, being the highest it's been in ten years. Simultaneously, research came out that stated the leading cause of workplace absences was stress and mental health-related sickness.

The pandemic might be over, but increasingly HR practitioners are realising that we have another mental health epidemic prevalent in society. With the cost-of-living crisis adding external pressure on employees, the new year signals an opportunity to make some key additions to your wellbeing checklist if you haven’t already.

HR directors should consider the following key things in their wellbeing strategy in 2024: