How to Create a Wellness Program in Your Workplace Employee wellness is more important than ever - so don’t neglect this!
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Fiona Adler, Director, HR Partner Fiona is passionate about helping small and medium businesses get the tools and know-how to grow and streamline their operations. She has worked with SMB’s for over 20 years - creating and building online solutions that help them operate in the best ways possible. With a background in business consulting and an MBA, Fiona knows there is nothing more important than the Human Resources function.
Want to increase staff retention and attract top players? A wellness
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s ‘The Great Resignation’ continues to dominate headlines, employees everywhere are re-evaluating the role of work in their lives. For many, work has become more than something they do simply for financial compensation. Instead, workplaces are being evaluated based on how they contribute overall to their employees’ work and personal life. The pandemic has also created many new health and wellbeing challenges, so employee wellbeing is something that EVERY company needs to address. So how can you implement a Workplace Wellness Program that actually works? You might think of gym memberships and fruit bowls, but there’s more to wellness than measures like these. A good wellness program involves creating and maintaining a sincere interest and commitment to helping employees lead healthy lives – both in their work, AND personal lives.
Steps to Creating a Wellness Program Here are the broad steps to go through in creating a wellness program for your business…
design a program that best meets the needs of more employees, put together a wellness committee. Ideally, this should be a cross-
1) Gain Management Commitment First and foremost, you need to seek management support for an employee wellness program. Communicate how wellness ties into the current strategic priorities and the company’s stated values. After appealing to their sense that ‘it’s the right thing to do’, back this up with more tangible benefits such as; • A competitive advantage when recruiting • Reduced absenteeism • Increased retention (resulting in a reduced need for recruiting) • Increased employee engagement • And ultimately, increased productivity and innovation 2) Create a Wellness Committee To get employee engagement and
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