Businesses are spending more than ever on workplace wellbeing initiatives, but a damning new report claims the effort is largely failing staff, exposing what experts warn is a fundamentally ‘broken’ system.
The study, published by Optimism Consulting in partnership with the Parliamentary Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing, analysed 23 organisations employing more than 130,000 workers across the public, private and third sectors.
It found that despite massive investment in wellbeing initiatives, the majority of businesses have ‘almost nothing to show for it’.
The core problem lies not in a lack of intent, but in how staff are being managed, with researchers warning
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