are estimated to be between 10 to 30 per cent less productive than an average employee. Multiplying the percentage of workers with financial problems by their reduced productivity by the average employee salary and the number of workers yields a rough estimate of the costs to the organisation. However, no published evidence has been found of these calculations being used to measure reduced productivity in UK organisations. This is unsurprising given the sensitivity of the subject matter and likely commercial confidentiality concerns. The measures proposed are also indirect ones of organisational productivity. None of the literature uses a measure derived from employees’ output, such as revenue created, sales, change in managers’ perceptions of performance or the potential impact of poor employee financial capability on business performance, through poor management of the organisation’s finances. Notwithstanding the difficulties of measurement, it would be worthwhile calculating the impact of financial problems on organisations, using some of these indicators. This exercise could provide useful information to help employers assess the value for money likely to be obtained from any support provided to help employees with financial problems.