Why You Need an Employee Wellness Program for Your Business

The growing necessity for all employers to take a compassionate, accountable, and hands-on approach to their employees’ wellbeing.

The importance of employee wellness - work-life balance and mental and physical health – has become an inevitable issue for us all to take seriously.

Company culture, especially in the UK, is under the microscope. Government commissioned reports such as the Stephenson and Farmer Review show us that we’re in dire need for more employee-centric working environments.

Lasting business success starts with your employees’ wellbeing

Moreover, studies have shown that businesses who link their employees’ wellbeing to their company culture increase their productivity and profitability.

They’ve been proven to engage employees and get them to go the extra mile. They aid employers in taking a genuine interest in their people’s health and provide them with wellness solutions that benefit all.

Workplace wellness programs are no longer just a luxury available and affordable to large companies and corporations. More and more SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) are taking onboard new guidance by adopting new employee principles and programs.

Are you responsible for the HR or team management of an SME?

Do you want to implement an employee wellness program in your workplace?

Seriously considering the physical and mental health of the people you work with daily will help them to flourish and your business to succeed.

What is an employee wellness program?

It enables you to invest in, protect, and maintain your employees’ wellbeing.

Workplace wellness programs also allow you to be consistent in the development and management of your long-term business goals and success.

They empower healthier workplace cultures and promote a more mindful approach to employment issues concerning the physical and mental health of employees.

How workplace well-being programs ‘generally’ work

They enable employees by giving them the tools to deal with and confront personal or work-related issues that are impacting them negatively.

How? An initial assessment of your employees’ physical and mental health and wellbeing should be made. Many companies offer different degrees of assessment (at BeThriving we offer a full employee MOT conducted by a professional nurse).

This sets the baseline from which your employee wellbeing program can be tailored to your company’s specific needs and the individuals that work there.

What do they offer?

● Workshops and fitness programs

● Nutritional advice

● Counselling and referral services

● Meditation and mindfulness

● Team building and trust exercises

● Retreats and one-day events

● And so much more…

What are the benefits of employee wellness programs?

The health and wellbeing of your employees is intrinsic to the longevity and success of your business.

Employee wellness programs are a source of inspiration; they leave your staff feeling appreciated, heard, and happy.

They allow and encourage employees to cultivate healthier lifestyles, reducing staff sickness and costs while increasing productivity and creating a better work-life balance.

Reinforce trust in your workforce

Providing your workforce with wellbeing solutions and including them in the development of your wellness program reinforces and promotes mutual respect and trust. Trust and respect are two vital components in the success of any business - none more so than that which you have between you and your employees.

Reports have stated that the welfare of employees is one of the most pressing areas that needs to be addressed. In terms of company growth and success, there is no better place to start than with the wellbeing of your workforce.

Mental and physical health, health and safety, and the workplace

These things are often looked at as separate issues - and indeed they each need their own approach to deal with in the best possible way. However, they all have an impact on workplace wellbeing and solutions can be tailored to positively encompass and tackle all issues.

As we develop a greater understanding of wellbeing issues (mental health especially), company HR departments and team leaders see support services as an essential part of their company culture.

In 2017, the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) reported companies lost 31.2 million working days to work-related illness or injury. Scary statistics, yet avoidable by implementing an employee wellbeing program that takes into account all aspects of your working environment and its impact on employee health.

Foster a wellbeing program integral to your success

By integrating wellbeing programs with health and safety initiatives, you are not just fulfilling your legal obligations and responsibilities. You are also taking an active role in improving your workforce’s wellbeing. Combined, these actions will see your business build and grow from strength to strength.

For more information and to help drive your company to success, contact BeThriving to learn about our non-invasive employee wellbeing programs.