Cost-of-living crisis: How to help your employees - Diversity and Inclusion Leaders

Discussion points:

Many people are facing perhaps the most difficult economic conditions in living memory, with growing evidence suggesting the cost-of-living crisis is not affecting everyone equally. Join our speakers for this practical session and hear them explore:

The impact of financial pressures and instability on employees and their mental health
The disproportionate effect on certain marginalised groups such as disabled employees
Steps employers can take to better support employees with personal finance challenges, such as providing material and services to support financial, mental and physical well-being, staff shopping discounts, financial well-being programmes and employee hardship funds

Timings:

11 January – 11.15am to 11.55am GMT

Speakers:

Shani Dhanda, Network Expansion Belonging Lead, Virgin Media O2 & Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Strategist

Tracey Newton, Group People Director, JCT600

More about our speakers

Shani Dhanda, Network Expansion Belonging Lead, Virgin Media O2 & Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Strategist
Shani is among the UK’s highest-profile and most influential disabled people. As an inclusion and accessibility strategist and consultant, she works with businesses, broadcasters and the UK government to break barriers and integrate intersectional inclusion and accessibility into their frameworks. Shani has spoken at over 250 conferences and companies worldwide, including the United Nations, World Expos, and TEDx and shared speaking stages with Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton. Regularly appearing in the media, Shani has been profiled in British Vogue, BBC, CNN, Sky News, CBC, Financial Times and Global Citizen, to name a few. She’s also a broadcaster, and you can catch Shani on shows such as Loose Women, Rip off Britain, Jeremy Vine on 5 and BBC (Sunday) Morning Live. Shani holds seven current executive and advisory roles and is an ambassador at five national and global disability organisations. Shani’s intersectional activism has led her to challenge social inequality globally through entrepreneurship, and is the founder of Diversability, Asian Woman Festival and Asian Disability Network.
To contact Shani, please visit www.shanidhanda.com

Tracey Newton, Group People Director, JCT600
Tracey is a seasoned HR professional with experience of operating at Operating Board level and strong board interaction. Currently responsible for the development of People Strategy with specific accountability for: HR Business Partnering, organisational change, Employee Relations, People Risk, Senior Manager and Certified Regime, Reward (including RemCo), Recognition, Pensions, Wellbeing, Financial wellbeing, People policy development, Strategic Resourcing, HR Operations (HRSS & payroll) and Diversity and Inclusion. Comfortable with working in a highly changing environment and across different industry sectors Named Best Leader at 2018 Rewards Awards. Named an Industry Luminary in the Reward 300 Index in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Winner of Best Reward Strategy at 2020 REWARDS awards. Led teams that have received awards in relation to Wellbeing, Financial Wellbeing and Diversity and Inclusion.

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