Making Employee Wellbeing Your Firm’s Priority

How Using hug Can Help Support Your Team

In a post-pandemic workplace, employee wellbeing is a key concern for many law firms. By enabling you to understand your team, hug can help you push employee wellbeing to the top of your agenda.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the modern workplace for most of us. In the past year, law firms across the country have had to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment. 

Even in a pre-pandemic working environment, employee wellbeing was increasingly a topic of conversation. Businesses were increasingly adopting employee wellness initiatives to ensure that the mental wellbeing of staff was getting the support it needs. 

Most solicitors are already well accustomed to working in a stressful environment. The past year, however, has taken what may be considered ‘normal’ levels of stress, and amped it up in a pressure cooker.

‘The Bellwether Report 2019: Stress in the Legal Profession — Problematic or Inevitable,’ released in 2019 by LexisNexis, highlighted some startling findings: 

–> 66% of solicitors are experiencing high levels of stress.

–> 76% of solicitors feel that stress and mental wellbeing in the workplace is a big issue.

–> Almost 1 in 4 solicitors believe more can be done to support them in the workplace. 

These figures represent a pre-pandemic workplace. Since 2020, it’s fair to say that most of us have experienced unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety. Left unaddressed, poor employee wellbeing can cost businesses losses in excess of £1,500 per employee per year. Poor mental health can lead to burn out, which can drive higher levels of employee turnover. It’s a no-win situation.

Making Employee Wellbeing Your Firm’s Priority

As we come to the end of another lockdown, it’s important for law firms to support their fee earners and support staff through yet another workplace shift. For those returning from furlough, it’s about supporting their return to work. For others who are transitioning from a work from home environment, it may involve how to maintain a work-life balance.

Understanding your team is the first step towards supporting and improving employee wellbeing. Not everyone will be feeling the same levels of stress and anxiety. Equally, people experience different sources of anxiety and means of coping with their stress. 

This is Where hug Steps In

The hug platform enables you to gain critical insights into the wellbeing of your employees. Our four core modules – Mind, Money, Health and Engagement – provide you with real-time insights. In addition, it provides actionable data and highlights areas of potential improvements across the wider firm. 

This data helps give you a clearer view of the wellbeing of your people across the firm. It can identify common areas where additional support may be needed. It also highlights areas where your firm is already succeeding. 

The benefits of effectively supporting your employees speak for themselves. Employee wellness initiatives can deliver improved productivity and motivation. They can also lead to a two-fold growth in employee engagement. In a post-pandemic workplace, can we really afford not to put employee wellbeing at the top of the legal agenda? 

Interested in learning more about how hug can help support your team? Book your demo by clicking here today. 

We’d love to give you a tour of hug so in just a few minutes you can:

  • Retain your talented team
  • Develop a company culture that’s attractive to new recruits
  • Track the success of your employee wellbeing efforts over time
  • Identify what’s working, and what needs to change
  • Provide a safe, secure and confidential space for feedback
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