If your employees are your most important asset, focusing on their health and wellbeing should be among your organization's most important priorities.
But making your workplace one that supports employee health can seem an intimidating challenge, and you no doubt have questions such as, is it worth it?
Yes, investing in the health and wellbeing of your employees is very much worth it. Employees are reporting higher levels of workplace stress, and finding themselves with less time for family, community and themselves outside of work. A stressful work environment contributes to an increase in physical and mental health issues for employees. Those health issues have a related effect on your organization, by increasing the volume of absenteeism, presenteeism (employees at work, but not fully contributing), disability claims and employee turnover.
Among the range of potential benefits, an effective workplace health program can reduce sick leave requests, cut health care plann costs and lead to a drop in workers’ compensation and disability costs by between 25% and 32%.
Ultimately, your workplace is one where employees:
But how to get there? Where do I start?
There are a number of ways to reach this desired end-state. Finding the best path for your organization depends on the resources you have available – time, leadership commitment and more. Healthier Together Workplaces can guide you through development of your program and provide resources you can access that are matched to your resources and the current state of health and wellness within your organization. Take advantage of our standalone Action Cards focused on a specific wellness issue or take your first steps on a more comprehensive long-term workplace health initiative. Whatever questions you have, or support you need, we’re here to help.
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The ROI on Investing in Workplace Health