Essential Personal Finance

A Practical Guide for Employees

Jason Butler author Jonquil Lowe author Lien Luu author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:8th Jan '19

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There is increasing pressure for all of us to take responsibility for our own financial security and wellbeing, but we often overlook how the benefits that come with a job can help us do that. Essential PersonalFinance: A Practical Guide for Employees focuses on these valuable work benefits and shows how you can build on this important foundation to achieve financial security and your life goals.

This unique book explores how making effective and practical use of these work benefits (such as pension scheme, life cover, sick pay, cheap loans, savings schemes and even financial coaching), means facing up to the behavioural biases we are all plagued with. Given that these can get in the way of even the best intentions, Essential Personal Finance tackles these biases head-on with practical ideas and tips for overcoming or harnessing them for good, and will help you to develop a positive and fruitful relationship with your money. With financial stress being a major cause of absenteeism and sick leave, low morale and lost productivity, the advice in this book also offers employers enormous benefits. By empowering employees through financial education and financial awareness, progressive employers will help them feel more in control of their lives, and experience less stress, resulting in higher morale and productivity.

Offering a distinctive approach which combines academic insight with practical financial wisdom and tools, this is a must-have book for all employees. It will help you make the most of everything your job has to offer so you can worry less about money and live life to the full.

"Progressive employers understand the importance of offering their employees financial wellness benefits and this new book is a great additional resource to help them be better with money." — Asesh Sarkar, CEO & co-founder of www.salaryfinance.com

"A rich source of practical tips, underpinned by academic research, connecting employment, money and happiness. This book will also be a great resource for HR professionals, to help them better understand how to improve their workforce's financial and mental wellbeing." — Ruston Smith, Chair of the Workplace Steering Group, delivering MAS’s Financial Capability Strategy for the UK

"This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to feel in control and confident about using money. Through short, easy to read chapters with clear action points, it provides very practical guidance on how to make the most of income from work, and how to protect yourself and your family from financial difficulties." — Helen White, Ex Head of Financial Capability, Money Advice Service

"A great read that should help anyone increase their personal financial wellbeing." — Sanjay Sha,Ex CEO – Succession Wealth Management

"Day to day financial worries dog too many people. This unique book will encourage and enable money education at the most obvious location for learning – the workplace. Straightforward case studies and simple check-lists help employees to take full advantage of what is available through their employment. It will also serve as a useful guide for employers to better support their employees’ financial wellbeing." — Brian Dennehy, Founder, www.fundexpert.co.uk

"A thoughtful, comprehensive guide, packed with essential money tips and strategies." — Danny Cox, Head of Communications, Hargreaves Lansdown

ISBN: 9781138488151

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 398g

248 pages