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Employers often seek to reduce burnout risks by offering new wellness perks, but if employees already have too much on their plates, HR should think twice before adding more, a thought leader says.

The tendency for employers to think the answer lies in providing mindfulness apps, exercise classes and the like has been a "bugbear" of work futurist Dr Ben Hamer for a while, he tells HR Daily.

"We always try and add things rather than take things off people. When we try to address burnout, organisations address it by going: here's a fruit bowl, here's a yoga class, here's a subscription to Headspace...