Workplace Health

Having good health enables individuals to fully participate in society and the communities in which they live and work. On average, people in employment spend over 60% of their waking hours at work; it is clear the workplace holds great potential as a setting for improving the health of the UK population. If this potential is realised, both employers and employees will benefit and this extends wider, to society as a whole.

Evidence indicates that healthy employees are more productive and take less unplanned absenteeism. In a recent YouGov survey, 95% of working adults agreed that their health and wellbeing directly affected their performance in the workplace. Organisations can also benefit from higher staff retention and improving their brand image. Workplace health has an increasingly important role in how employees view the company they work for. Workplaces have found that by introducing healthy activities and policies, employees feel more valued, develop increased morale and benefit from better internal communications.

Furthermore, due to the growing burden of chronic disease and illness which are strongly associated with lifestyle, business are recognising that they have an important responsibility to help to protect the health of their employees by promoting healthy behaviours.