Malaria, other diseases and general poor health are major barriers to business efficiency and to national economic development due to staff abstenteeism and health experts say can be reduced by upto 30 per cent through workplace health programmes. Download full article PDF here.
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Neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain – how can working at a desk job be so painful? The answer is ergonomics, the science of coordinating physical working conditions to workers. The word comes from the Greek word ergon, meaning “Work” and Nomos meaning “laws” These “laws of work” aim to help people better fit
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Effective communication can help you explain to your employees why you are doing a wellness program, – and more importantly, why that makes sense. Communicating about your wellness program is incredibly important and can truly make or break how effective your wellness program is. It can be used to educate: Fad diets and fitness trends
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An employer sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a work-based intervention program designed to identify and assist employees in resolving personal problems that may be affecting their performance at work. EAPs provide needs assessment, help, counseling, and referrals for employees and their family members when faced with mental health or emotional issues. EAPs are
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When an employer implements a workplace wellness program, it typically does so for a specific reason – to reduce a health risk (such as obesity, physical inactivity or diabetes) for the workforce, to manage health care spending or as a more general investment in the health and well-being of employees. The only way to know
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Employee absences carry a heavy cost for many employers and have a large impact on revenue and productivity according to a study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) of 700 of its members. The National Wellness Survey recently conducted in Canada shows that health, work behavior and the value of human capital
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Health care costs have been steadily rising for the past four decades and present a major challenge to employers. As a result, executing strategies to contain escalating health care costs has become a business imperative for today’s companies. Four key strategies used by Employers to control costs are: Reduce the number of employees Eliminate expensive
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Developing strategies for a healthy workplace provides a framework for your workplace to promote mental wellbeing, minimize workplace risks to mental health, support people experiencing mental health issues and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions. Everyone has a role to play in creating a healthy workplace, and simple strategies can help achieve this. Since
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Today’s topic is prompted by a question asked by a participant from Mbeya, during my seminar on Stress Management at a client organization, where we are promoting Healthy Lifestyle amongst the employee population. His observation was that obesity is a sign of a calm and relaxed individual and so why are we linking obesity with
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Burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis according to the International Classification of Diseases – ICD-11, the World Health Organization’s handbook that guides medical practitioners with disease diagnosis. Burnout is included in the ICD-11’s section on problems related to employment or non-employment. ICD-11 describes the following symptoms associated with burnout: Feelings of energy depletion or
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