Employee Wellness
Definition
Employees can be really productive if they are mentally and physically healthy. You can help them achieve this by organising activities, setting up interest groups, and other relevant programmes that can promote better health and fitness levels for your employees. You can also have an in-house gym, lunchtime health seminars, and exercise classes.
Who is responsible?
Human Resource
Wellness Committee
Third-Party Vendor
Individual
Reason for creating employee wellness programme
A wellness programme may improve staff health, morale, and productivity.
Components of employee wellness programme
Wellness newsletter
Health risk assessments
Health screenings
Workshops on wellness issues
Walking groups
Health fairs
Healthy potlucks and healthy snacks for meetings and breaks
Physical activity breaks
Fitness classes
Smoking cessation classes
Incentives such as water bottles, insulated lunch bags, tote bags, stress balls, pedometers, and cookbooks
How to measure effective wellness programme
Measure & Monitor
Engagement & Ongoing Participation
Presenteeism
Health Insurance Costs
Absenteeism
Productivity
Retention & Recruitment
Personal Well-being
How to Implement
Develop an advisory
Conduct a needs and resources assessment.
Develop programme components and activities based on the findings of the needs assessment.
Include incentives
Notify employees
Implement
Evaluate
Types of Employee Wellness Programmes
Fitness
Nutrition
Smoking Cessation
Pregnancy and Maternity
Do's and Don'ts
Don't Overwhelm or Underwhelm
Don't Program "at" Your Employees
Don’t consider your online portal and fitness discount a wellness programme
Engage the appropriate stakeholders
Support your employees to be their best self
Remember that changing human behavior isn’t easy.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Higher Production
Fewer Absences
Weight Loss
Less Stress
Costs
Uncertainty
Eight Dimensions
Emotional
Environmental
Financial
Intellectual
Occupational
Physical
Social
Spiritual
Grants
Workplace Health Promotion Grant
Mental Health Top Up Grant
WHP Grant (Women’s Health)
Workplace Health Promotion Cluster Grant
NONPROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN SINGAPORE
Ayurveda Association of Singapore (AAOS)