| | NOVEMBER 2024MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM8In MyOpinionAre you prioritising your people to drive business performance? Are you using the best benefits benchmark? What benefits are most valued by employees, and what is currently being offered? All these questions and more are answered in Gallagher Australia's latest piece of research: The Workplace Wellbeing Index. Wellbeing is a priority for many, yet not experienced by all. There is a significant opportunity to support employee wellbeing. When organisations do, they will reap the rewards of improved business performance.The important of wellbeing has been accelerated by several trends, such as increasing requirements for employers to ensure the psychological and physical health of their employees and the increasing cost of workers' compensation claims for work-related mental health conditions. There is also a social shift, where employees are demanding that their work fits with their life, rather than fitting their life around work.Gallagher surveyed 1,660 employees throughout Australia ­ mainly full-time and part-time ­ across organisations of all sizes. Employees in a wide variety of sectors and industries were asked whether they were working on-site, under a hybrid model or remotely. There was By Dr. James Allen (PhD Organisational Psychology), Director People Experience and Innovation, GallagherWELLBEING AND THE FUTURE OF WORKDr. James Allen
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