TECHNOLOGY & AI


WORKFORCE WELLBEING: CAN TECH HELP COMPANIES THRIVE?


Here, NFS Technology outlines some of the ways technology can help your workers maintain the tricky work-life balance.


It’s never been so clear how closely work and life are entwined – and how crucial it is for people’s wellbeing to keep them in a healthy equilibrium.


As an essential element of successful ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) wellness scores high. This is particularly true now that employees are acting like consumers of the workplace. For more information on this you can read NFS Technology’s eBook: Why your employee is now a consumer – and what you should do about it.


Research by Gallup underscores why it’s important for workplace leaders to take action to help employees thrive.


It says: “Work influences home life, and home life influences work. It's in an employer's best interest for workers to have a thriving life and bring the effect of that thriving life to work.”


Wellbeing – is it worth promoting? Common sense says yes – workers who feel well are


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happier, more settled and more productive. There’s also a moral duty on organisations to support their staff, and those who do will enjoy a reputational uplift that encourages recruitment.


Expert bodies also agree. The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, says: “Promoting and supporting employee wellbeing is at the heart of our purpose to champion better work and working lives because an effective workplace wellbeing programme can deliver mutual benefit to people, organisations, economies and communities.”


Growing wellbeing with technology The Harvard Business Review (HBR) says a good strategy is to give workers more control over how they perform their work.


HBR says: “Research indicates that having little discretion over how work gets done is associated not only with poorer mental health but also with higher rates of


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