EXCLUSIVE: Global healthcare and diagnostics organisation Hologic has introducedĀ a new online financial education programme for its 320 UK-based staff.
The financial education programme, provided by Nudge, has been launched via a series of webinars and personalised online notifications or ānudgesā to employees across the organisation’s Crawley, Manchester, and West Lothian sites.
The programme launchedĀ today (6 April 2017) to coincide with the start of the 2017-2018 tax year.
The new programme integrates with Hologicās existingĀ employee benefits platform, andĀ delivers personalised online notifications that are based on an individualās life events, benefits selection, and interests, as well as any organisational or legislative changes that may impact employees.
Staff will also have access to financial education articles and information on more thanĀ 800 topics, including budgeting, childcare, debt, mortgages, travel money, and planning a wedding.
Fezzah Ali, reward and benefits at Hologic, said: āAs a business we have a global mission to enable healthier lives that we call āthe science of sureā. We understand that investing in our employees is just as critical to our ongoing success and ultimately to the ability of Hologic to live up to this mission.
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āOur wellness programme is designed to provide opportunities for employees and their families to make wellness a priority. Providing support that helps our people manage and improve all aspects of their own wellbeing, including financial wellbeing, not only enables them to live healthier lives but it also makes sound business sense by improving our productivity levels.
āThe start of the new tax year isnāt a date that most employees consider important to them, but there are a whole host of changes that impact on personal finances from take home pay, to pensions and savings, inheritance and childcare.ā