Ideas to engage your employees with Footprint’s platform
Already joined the Footprint Financial Wellbeing programme for employees? Awesome! You’ve completed the first step towards supporting the financial wellbeing of your teams.
Now it’s time for… Step 2! Which involves engaging employees to make the most of Footprint’s tools that are available (literally) at their fingertips.
Financial wellbeing needs continuous focus, just like mental and physical wellbeing. As an employer, you may offer group life insurance, and it would be devastating knowing that you provided the means for an employee to put their Will in place, but they never did.
Here’s an overview of Footprint’s benefits that are available for employees:
The ability to create a Will online, with annual Will updates
The Footprint digital vault where you can store important documents, instructions, memories and messages
Physical storage of the Will in a secure, earthquake and fireproof location
All Footprint Wills are registered on the New Zealand Will Registry
The ability to notify loved ones of their choosing that their Will was done with Footprint
The Footprint rewards programme which is designed to reduce costs associated with probate and estate administration
Discounted online Wills for friends and whānau
Discounts on Enduring Power of Attorney and Trusts
Great service support that can answer any questions
Read on to learn about three ideas you could easily implement to encourage and support your employees' use of this comprehensive suite of benefits!
Create time
Creating time for employees to focus on financial wellbeing requires a proactive approach from employers. Start by incorporating dedicated time slots each quarter to raise awareness of financial wellness activities.
Encourage managers to support their team members in prioritising financial wellbeing by offering flexibility for employees to engage in open discussions. Support managers with messaging about how Footprint’s packages can benefit both individuals and their families.
If you need support from Footprint on this messaging, reach out to your account manager and they will be able to help you with this.
Regular Communication
Keeping the Footprint Connect offer front of mind for your teams is important for them to build awareness of the importance and role a Will plays in their future. Some options for communication could include; internal newsletters, introducing the benefit in onboarding inductions of new starters and keeping your intranet updated with the latest information. Remember to add September National Wills month on your road map with your marketing team.
We’ve got some great resources for myth busting and when is a good time for updating a Will that you can share.
Educational Workshop
We’ve designed Footprint’s benefits, resources, and guides to be easy to follow and understand. Still, for some people, Wills and estate planning can be a new, daunting, and confusing process.
Facilitating workshops and Q&A sessions with your staff can give employees the extra push of confidence they need to make the most of our benefits and resources!
Footprint offers learning sessions for employees to help educate, build confidence and answer any questions relating to Will and estate planning.
Here is what is covered in the learning sessions:
Why getting a Will matters
What is and isn't in your Will - joint and sole assets
Who gets what when there is no Will in place
What can happen when things don’t go right
When to update your Will
What you get with the Footprint package
How to activate your Footprint Connect account
Q & A session
With the rising cost of living crises becoming increasingly problematic for many hardworking Kiwis across Aotearoa, as people leaders, it’s our responsibility to support, encourage, and empower our people to look after their financial wellbeing and preparedness.
If you’re already offering Footprint’s employee benefits for your staff, let us know if we can help with any new collateral, review your existing collateral or hold a learning session for your teams. We want to help!
If you’re not already offering Footprint employee wellbeing solutions for your people, we encourage you to explore what we have to offer! Together, let’s empower employees to take charge of their financial preparedness and wellbeing!
