Author - Okuhle FW

Employee Financial Wellness Programmes

The financial wellbeing of employees is becoming increasingly important in today’s environment. The disruption of income structures and affordability due to the lockdown and COVID-19 related business interruptions has meant that a majority of South Africans have had to readjust their already strained budgets to afford their expenses. This therefore means that the financial wellbeing of South African employees is deteriorating, thereby necessitating intervention. A lot of studies have shown that employers can reduce their costs by investing in the health...

Financial Health Assessments

Our financial health assessments at Okuhle Financial Wellbeing are targeted at employees’ goals for the set period. The employee develops these goals with the assistance of the expert financial coach, and a set of targets are developed and reviewed from time to time. Outcomes are then reviewed, and feedback on common themes is then used to assist HR with their training calendars and the identification of prevalent gaps. Goal realignment is a necessity in these times considering how the world and...

Financial Training

At Okuhle, we provide one on one training for the employee after assessing their needs. We have customised programmes that the employee can follow that are revisited frequently to map progress. It is important for the employee to develop healthy financial habits and skills, which we cultivate through frequent follow ups. Our meetings with the employee will depend on preference, either face to face or through online video communication applications like Zoom or MS Teams. We work to assist an employee...