What the research says
It is widely known and accepted that encouraging healthy lifestyles and having a healthy workforce can provide many benefits to both the employer and employee. Current research shows that the average employee loses six days of productivity to presenteeism. A well run workplace health program as part of an overall corporate health and safety strategy can help reduce this figure and achieve a return on investment of between 4:1 and 20:1 depending on the actual program delivered.
Corporate Bodies International actively encourage our clients to see workplace health and wellbeing programs as a component of their overall health and safety risk reduction program, not as a stand alone initiative. Your greatest return on investment (ROI) will come from the complete integration of health into all aspects of the business, which in turn drives environmental and cultural change.
What are the benefits of an effective program?
- employees that are 'health aware' and are proactive in maintaining their health and wellbeing
- creation of employee ownership over their personal health
- reduction in accidents and injuries, which assists in reducing workers compensation claims
How can a successful program save you money?
- identification of 'at risk' employees and the ability to be proactive rather than reactive to workplace health issues that arise
- improvement in key HR data including presenteeism, absenteeism and productivity levels
- improved culture, moral and staff/management relations
Why invest in your people?
- health awareness and skills are just another part of employee training and development, which can assist in other areas of the business
- high risk employees who may cost the business the most may be your most skilled and knowledgable workers
- the current economical climate can result in stressed employees, working longer hours with job security worries; the implementation of a health and wellbeing program lets employees know that management cares. It sends a positive message to your workers.