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Our vision
By placing wellbeing at the heart of our business, we aim to create a health-promoting workplace and redefine wellbeing as a driver of sustainable high performance.
Delivering holistic support across all wellbeing dimensions will position the firm as an employer of choice, meeting the diverse needs of our people and ensuring they feel well and work well.
Our approach
Feel well, work well is our refreshed global wellbeing strategy, designed to further embed wellbeing into our culture and offer a holistic approach that enables our people to be themselves and perform at their best.
We recognise that wellbeing isn’t just about benefits and engagement initiatives, which is why we have developed a 5-year strategic plan which will be focused on the three pillars of our Feel well, work well approach. Our three pillars:
Leadership and cluture
Promoting a culture of wellbeing through committed leadership and the development of capabilities that support sustainable high performance, enabling individuals and managers to both feel well and work well.
Prevention and support
Focusing on holistic wellbeing support and prevention, we aim to support our people across four dimensions: psychological safety and mental health, social and digital wellbeing, physical wellbeing, and financial wellbeing.
Measurement and continuous improvement
Using data and ongoing feedback to continuously improve wellbeing programmes and provide the right support and resources to meet our people’s needs.
Global wellbeing benefits
At Kennedys, we offer a wide range of global wellbeing benefits designed to support our people’s health and wellbeing. Here are some examples of what we offer globally.
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides emotional and practical support on topics such as:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Personal relationship issues
- Midlife & retirement
- Nutrition & weight management
- Education
- Anger management
- Sleep hygiene
- Stress management
- Bereavement
- Critical incident & trauma response
- Addictive behaviours
- Relocation
- Parenting
- Career & managerial support
- Finances & debt
Peppy is a specialist health benefit that delivers support, advice and education around specific life stages including menopause, fertility, pregnancy and early parenthood, and men’s health.
Headspace is a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, by offering science-backed tools and resources to help you to learn skills such as stress and anxiety management, resilience and focus.
Financial support to those who suddenly and unexpectantly find themselves experiencing a financial crisis.
Each year you will be offered a Kennedys wellbeing day, in addition to your annual leave, to give you time to focus on yourself and your wellbeing.
Kennedys' Networks are an opportunity for you to meet with individuals with shared interests or identities. These networks provide employees with the chance to connect, interact, thrive, and grow with like-minded people within the firm.
Our commitment
Support the health and wellbeing of our people.
80%
By the end of 2025, we'll launch our wellbeing champions programme globally.
We've rolled out our champion network across our offices in APAC, EMEA, LATAM and the UK. We're working on expanding it to the US later this year. We have a partner sponsor in every region to ensure we foster an open and inclusive culture.
100%
By 2025, we'll have trained 100 Mental Health Aid First Aiders.
We have trained 110+ Mental Health First Aiders. This includes our wellbeing champions and members of our HR teams, reflecting our continued investment in the people who support our workforce.
Partnerships
We work with a number of expert organisations to help us achieve our wellbeing goals. Explore our extensive range of partnerships and affiliations.
Kennedys has joined Mind Forward Alliance, reinforcing our commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment that prioritises mental wellbeing for its employees.
Through this partnership, our Senior Partner, John Bruce, has also signed the Mind Forward Alliance Leadership Pledge. By signing this pledge, Kennedys commits to taking tangible actions to support the mental health and overall wellbeing of our people.
As signatories of The Law Society's Women in Law Pledge, we are committed to promoting gender equality across the legal profession by breaking down prejudices, stereotypes and biases that women face.
We joined 2,500 other organisations in signing the Menopause Workplace Pledge to encourage the growing movement to support women through the menopause at work.
We signed the Women in Law Pledge in support of the progression of women into senior roles in our firm, by focusing on retention and promotion opportunities.
