How healthy is your workplace? Is your business fostering healthy workplace policies and a supportive environment for your employees?
found that 96% of working-age Australians had at least one chronic disease risk factor and 72% had multiple risk factors. Many of these risk factors are preventable and small changes to our lifestyle can make a big difference.The ACT is no exception to this! A 2011 ACT Health study
reveals that there is plenty of work that Canberra workers can do to become healthier:- 20% of ACT workers reported as being smokers
- 46% of ACT workers have inadequate fruit and vegetable intake
- 23% of ACT workers consume harmful levels of alcohol
- 65% of ACT workers do not undertake in sufficient levels of physical activity
- 56% of ACT workers are overweight
Do you or your employees fit into any of these categories?
Why not introduce a Health and Wellbeing program in your business. Programs can range from simple activities that only involve a small investment to a comprehensive program with a more substantial investment for large numbers of employees.
Examples of what other local businesses have done include Belconnen Physiotherapy Clinic who arrange for fresh boxes of fruit to be available for staff free of charge in the kitchen area; Manteena Pty Ltd allow their staff to have 3 half hour physical activity sessions per week during their paid work time; and ActewAGL provide yearly health and fitness assessments for their staff.
Read more about theirs and other local businesses healthier workplace stories.
Read more about theirs and other local businesses healthier workplace stories
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Benefits for your business could include increased staff morale which leads to better productivity, reduced sick leave/absenteeism, reduced long-term health problems, increased ability to attract and retain new staff and reduced risk of accidents and health-related litigation.
You can get help with developing and implementing programs, policies and practices into you business through the ACT Government’s Healthier Work service. The service offers a range of free resources and supports including:
- free phone, email and onsite support
- a step-by-step guide to promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace
- resources to support the implementation of healthy lifestyle programs and policies
- free tools, including an online employee health survey and an organisational audit tool
- links to workplace health and wellbeing providers
- training and support mechanisms for workplaces
To find out more about the service, including accessing a range of resources, tools and templates to assist you in successfully developing and implementing a workplace health and wellbeing program visit the Healthier Work website .
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A must read for everyone who spends anything between 40-60 hours week at h/her workplaces. It’s really important to understand how the work performance of white-collar world is affected due to increasing heath problems of employees; and things can be sorted out by introducing health & wellbeing programs at every workplace. Also, I personally feel that interior of a workplace too matters in setting a healthy space. Employees, irrespective of age & gender love a workplace that’s high on aesthetics. As per my personal experience, I had assigned a well known Construction firm for my office remodeling and they had handled it with high end expertise.
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