All About Health And Wellness Programs
• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• staff member empowerment through decision-making, pace of work and connection to company goals, (on-line tools that connect to goals such
as Baxter Healthcare)
• two-way communication training
• ‘no lunch hour’ meeting rules unless it is a lunch ‘n’ learn
• absenteeism and attendance program
• [...]
Maintaining Employer Health and Wellness Program during Cold Season can be a challenge for any business. The average adult can get up to four colds in one year, and hundreds of thousands are hospitalized every year for flu complications. From December to March, there are more workers out of the office due to illness, and [...]
• childcare Strategies and information
• family planning information
• parenting classes
• Senior care Strategies and information
• retirement planning
• individual responsibility leave
• alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, job sharing
• work-family-life transition support
• anger management and family violence
• family counselling initiatives
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips – ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Study Shows Millions Lost Due to Illness
Employer Health and Wellness Program was shown to be a huge economic boon for corporations in a recently-released joint report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly three million productive workers in labor markets worldwide add up to [...]
• violence in the workplace
• equity in the workplace initiatives
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Strategies
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free workplace
• fire safety initiatives
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Strategies
• enhanced signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]
Employee Wellness Plans – Employee Engagement Strategies
Employee Wellness Plans without staff engagement are useless to a business. How do you get workers to enroll in Employee Wellness Plans – and stay engaged in the programs?
The materials for these programs discuss the benefits to workers and businesses. Employer Health and Wellness Program statistics show that there [...]
• Add Stress management and mental health Strategies
• Add substance use and abuse Strategies
• Add smoking cessation and control
• Add nutrition counselling
• Add weight control Strategies and counselling
• Add encourage use of food logs
• Add posting BMI charts
• Add juice dispensing machines
• Add water coolers
• Add vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Add vending machines [...]
Wellness might be the fatal flaw in your Employee Wellness Program. Is Wellness part of your strategy? Does workplace wellness stop when your workers leave the office?
Wellness Continuity
If workers don’t have the tools to pursue health and wellness on a Individual level, then it becomes easy for them to “fall off the wagon” and slide [...]
Why Complete a Company Health and Wellness Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to establish your worksite’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will
lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices
in vending machines, policies to enforce [...]
Once you start a Company Health and Wellness Program you will have a range of staff member participants. Some will already be very engaged
in being active and eating well and your program will only reinforce and enhance their health. On the other end of the spectrum will be
people who may not engage no matter what [...]