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As a matter of interest it would be interesting to see how many organisations in the UK take Workplace Wellbeing seriously?
Can you please let me know whether this subject is high on the agenda where you work.
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We have an occupational health department as with most medium to large organisations. All the guys are subject to occupational health screening annually and as an added bonus our HR Girl has taken it upon herself to have welbeing noticeboard at work with a subject change approximately every two months.
Sounds good does it not ?
And there was me at a union meeting today slating the safety culture within our organisation (but that's another story)
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I am amazed, 60 views and only 1 reply??
Surely companies must realise that looking after their staff's welfare is important, it helps to reduce sickness absence and therefore gain increased productivity.
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score wrote:I am amazed, 60 views and only 1 reply??
Surely companies must realise that looking after their staff's welfare is important, it helps to reduce sickness absence and therefore gain increased productivity.
What do we mean by 'wellbeing' and how do you know it increases productivity and reduces sickness?
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Score As flukey has indicated, your question is open to so many different possible interpretations, the level of responses is not surprising really As an indicator of the scope of relevant interpretations, the number of topics on which submissions are invited for the 2014 conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology is 35. If you want to compile data on which you could estimate a valid answer to your question, look through back issues of the newsletter and journal of the EAOHP available through their website, www.eaohop.org.
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What do you mean by ‘seriously’?
Does seriously mean that the organisation runs ‘wellbeing days’ when people can have their blood pressure checked and they can be lectured on the dangers of smoking and eating too many doughnuts. That looks really good on the annual report and gives everybody a nice warm glow until they realise that at the same time the organisation tolerates bullying and harassment of staff and sack people as soon as they claim too many sick days.
Or do you mean the organisation just talks to it’s employees and treats them like human beings?
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Over the past couple of years it has been a rarity for companies to do anything more than the minimum surveillance. Some have started to look at the age profile and the absence rates and introduced 'well persons ' clinics. We did that when we looked at the rates of heart disease and diabetes in staff. We then also looked at the sleep problems of fleet drivers and safety critical workers. To answer your question directly companies have in the past done it but stopped or reduced it as they did with staff numbers and from what I have seen so far this year there are some who are interested in doing the same again so positive noises let's see if they convert into positive action.
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Hi - you posed such an open statement that it was hard to know how to respond.
Yes - I think we take the health and wellbeing of our employees seriously. When we say health and safety we mean health and safety.
I am not sure what you define as workplace wellbeing - so like others find it hard to comment on. We look at task design, ergonomics, health surveillance and health promotion.
I think it is all part of being a good employer and having a sustainable business.
Interestingly the spellcheck doesn't know what wellbeing is either!!!
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As I make my living consulting on psychology in safety (just so we're clear I have my own agenda) I get to see a variety of companies. I can tell you that a lot of businesses take the wellbeing of their employees very seriously and there are some interesting intiatives out there. Increasingly I see companies taking mental wellbeing more seriously and are finding innovative ways to help people.
On the other side of the coin I see EHS Managers who are very keen to get things moving (not just with me but with other contractors) but they struggle with resistance within the business - sometimes financial but the usual arguments such as finance etc come up.
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