People agenda | Why your people's wellbeing should be a priority in 2022

By Claire Gibson, Employee Benefits Consultant

The definition of wellbeing is ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’.

In the employee benefits arena this used to mean ‘Does an employee have access to a gym discount or EAP programme?’, and often nothing more.

Since 2020, this has moved on dramatically. The world of work is no longer 9-5 in an office. It would be fair to say that for most of us, work is now woven into the fabric of our lives, often having an overlap with our home life. Most of us spent 2020, and much of 2021, sat at our make-shift office at home doing the best we could with the tools and technology available. This led to increased working hours, musculoskeletal issues (due to lack of movement or rather uncomfortable dining room chairs), and concerns about how Coronavirus would affect our business, and ultimately our job.