Just group PLC | Annual Report and accounts 2022
COLLEAGUES AND CULTURE continued
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS We care about the wellbeing of our people and we are committed to ensuring that colleagues feel personally supported at Just. We continue to recognise the role we play in supporting colleagues’ wellbeing and we have an executive sponsor for wellbeing at Just. People have different needs and we offer a range of activities and support around mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing. We held focus groups with colleagues from across the organisation to obtain qualitative data regarding their wellbeing and ensure that our wellbeing strategy and actions remain relevant and are driven by what colleagues need. In light of the challenging external environment, over the last year we have increased our focus on financial wellbeing and put in place specific financial support for over 65% of UK based colleagues with a one-off cost of living payment. This focused our support on those individuals who are likely to be most negatively impacted financially by inflation over the past year so that we can help to ease the challenges of the winter period. We have also made interest free loans and salary advances available to those requiring additional support. We have a comprehensive range of benefits including a group personal pension, group life assurance (both individual and partner), income protection, critical illness cover, private medical insurance, health screening, health cash plan, dental insurance, travel insurance, will writing, and access to Headspace. In addition this year we have: • Introduced an on-demand pay platform to provide colleagues with a payroll savings scheme as well as a utility switching service, budgeting tools and educational content. • Provided colleagues with access to the Group’s financial wellness services, Destination Retirement and Pension Buddy to help them plan for a financially secure future in later life. We also recognised Pension Awareness Day 2022 with the launch of Just’s retirement guide to improve the experience of colleagues reaching retirement, as well as promoting ‘planning for your future’ webinars by our pension provider. We promoted their sustainable investing webinars and ESG Hub to increase awareness of how pensions are invested and which funds are ethical and sustainable. • Recognised the link between financial and mental health with, Tea and Talk, sessions arranged by our mental health first aiders. These were good opportunities to promote the benefits available to all colleagues aligned to Mental Health Awareness week. • Just Talk sessions covering topics such as managing emotions and living with loss. Just Talk supports our work on vulnerability and how we can support our customers more effectively. It’s a unique blend of factual and practical advice on subjects that colleagues are interested to know more about. • Launched a new benefit to support colleagues with caring responsibilities to navigate the care market through partnering with My Care Consultant.
I like that fellow colleagues are open to sharing stories about mental health and any personal experiences. Just offers support for people to help with their mental wellbeing.
Colleague comment from Peakon annual engagement survey
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