What makes a healthier workplace?
- Integrated Approach
- Workplace strategies
Integrated Approach
Using strategies for good work design, support, engagement and capability, you can make healthier work part of your culture.
Become a healthier workplace
Healthy workplaces focus on the physical and mental health of their employees. They implement organisational initiatives to provide safe and healthy working environments. They encourage employees to play a proactive and positive role in their own health and wellbeing.
Organisations that invest in healthier work know it’s good for business. Apply these 3 considerations across your entire business.
1. Take an integrated approach
Protect
Prevent and minimise physical and psychological harm.
Support
Provide services, interventions and resources to help employees.
Promote
Build a positive and meaningful mental and physical health culture.
2. Look at complete health
Physical and mental health
Create physically and psychologically safe environments so you’re looking after both the physical health and mental health of your employees.
3. Consider place and people
Healthy place
Make your workplace safe and healthy through good work design, effective facilities and resources, supportive cultures, policies and work practices.
Healthy people
Give employees positive health information to build awareness while also facilitating their active participation in healthy behaviours.
Workplace strategies
What a healthier workplace looks like
There are 6 work categories that contribute to a healthier workplace. Each category offers practical solutions you can apply in your organisation. For best results, you should action all 6 categories.
Work design
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Work environment
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Workforce capability
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Workplace engagement
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Workplace support
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Workplace leadership
Organise and deliver work for employee and business success
Why creating a healthy workplace is important
There are benefits for businesses and employees
Productivity
- Employees are less likely to take time off work due to feeling physically or mentally unwell
- Employees are more committed to the organisation, are self-motivated and perform above expectations
Innovation and quality
- More engaged employees deliver better quality work
- A healthy workplace is an environment conducive to innovation
- Employees behave more safely and show greater resilience
Revenue
- For every dollar invested in workplace wellbeing, there is a positive return on investment
- Reduced compensation claims
- Reduced recruitment costs
- Reduced employee risk factors
Reputation
- Become an employer of choice
- Keep your employees for longer
- Attract skilled staff
- Become a supplier of choice for your clients
How to achieve a healthier workplace?
Achieving a healthier workplace takes a commitment to keeping your employees healthy and well.
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