In today’s workplace, financial stress is one of the leading causes of distraction, absenteeism, and turnover. Forward-thinking employers are responding by making financial wellness a core part of their benefits strategy — not only to support their people, but to drive measurable business results.
Join this session to uncover how financial wellness programs can strengthen retention, engagement, and productivity — and why they’ve become a baseline expectation in a changing benefits landscape. You’ll walk away with practical insights and real-world examples of how HR leaders are integrating financial wellness to create more resilient, loyal, and productive workforces.
Discussion Points:
- The proven link between financial wellbeing and key business outcomes (retention, engagement, productivity).
- Financial wellness as a competitive advantage in today’s labor market.
- The future of total rewards: why financial wellness is no longer a “nice-to-have.”
- Actionable steps to embed financial wellness into your benefits strategy.
Meet the Presenter
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Emily Trant
Emily Trant is Chief Impact Officer at Stream Platforms, Inc where she leads on the scale-up’s work to tackle financial exclusion and build a more inclusive app that improves workers’ financial wellbeing. The role brings together stakeholders across policy, public sector and the financial services sector - from running co-creation sessions with customers, through to leading an Impact Advisory Board. She also runs the company's program of academic research in collaboration with leading think tanks and global universities. Before joining Stream, Emily co-founded a social impact fintech, Touco Lab, which built financial services products for people with cognitive impairments using open banking technology. Touco was awarded grant funding from the Nationwide Open Banking for Good program, and was accepted onto the Techstars accelerator program. Emily is also host of the Invisible Worker podcast.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.