Expert Interview: Justine Zinkin, CEO, Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners: How Employers Can Help Financially Struggling Employees

The economy is reportedly healthy with nearly full employment. Yet, surveys show that almost half of US employees struggle to pay for basic necessities, and four out of ten adults today could meet a $400 emergency without taking a loan or selling possessions.  

Low employee financial wellbeing causes high employee stress levels that contribute to physical and mental illness and rising healthcare costs. Evidence shows that financial stress leads to distracted employees with lower engagement and job performance.

In this podcast, we speak with Justine Zinkin, the CEO of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, a non-profit provider of financial empowerment services for employers. Justine discusses ways that employers can help financially struggling workers and provides strategies to improve employee financial wellbeing, including:

• The extent of low employee financial wellbeing today
• How low employee financial wellbeing impacts employers
• The top challenges workers face in making ends meet
• Steps employers can take to help financially struggling employees  
• Examples of employers who’ve boosted employee financial wellbeing

About Our Guest

Neighborhood Trust is one of the nation’s leading providers of financial empowerment services and products. Their mission is to empower low-income individuals to become productive participants in the U.S. financial system and achieve their financial goals. Visit: www.neighborhoodtrust.org