Health and wellness in the workplace. and todays lifestyle of working people.

1. Health And Wellness in the
Workplace
“Healthy employees are productive employees”

2. Wellness Defined
A process of being aware of and actively
working toward better health.
Awareness
If people are going to get healthy, then they
need to have a precise understanding of
their current health status.

3. Employee Benefits
Workplace health and wellness
programmes can contribute to
healthy, active employees through
improved:
• Job satisfaction
• Physical fitness, nutritional
practices and mental wellbeing
• Knowledge of health promoting
behaviors
• Health outcomes
• Energy and morale
• Quality of life, and employees are
• Less likely to have accidents or
injuries in the workplace.

4. Why Wellness now?
There were 20 million obese women in India in 2014
compared with 9.8 million obese men, according to a study
published in the British medical journal, the Lancet.
Worldwide, the number of obese people rose to 641 million in
2014 from 105 million in 1975, according to the study. Global
obesity rates almost tripled for men to 11% of the total from
3.2% in 1975, while among women it nearly doubled to 15%
from 6.4% in 1975.
Promoting Health and
Wellness in the Workplace
„ AFocusonprevention’
Source: India real time

5. Ice berg Phenomena
Direct Medical Cost
 Medical
 Pharmaceutical
Indirect Cost
 Presenteeism
 Short – term Disability
 Long-term Disability
 Absenteeism
 Workers
Compensation
Visible Cost
Non-Visible Cost

6. Why wellness at work
place ?
On average, adults spend at least one third of their
life at work (World Health Organization, 1999).
This makes the workplace an ideal environment to
promote the health and wellbeing of the adult
population as:
•The working population is large and relatively
stable
•People of working age can be reached before
disease develops
•Improving the organization and the working
environment
•Promoting active participation
•Encouraging personal development
Reason # 1

7. Reason # 2
• Reduced healthcare costs
• Reduced costs relating to absenteeism
• Reduced costs relating to presenteeism
• Increased employee performance and productivity
• Better staff retention
• Stronger employer/employee relationship

8. Healthy Workplace Activities
 “ smoke-free” Program
 Healthy You! Promotion
 Eat Healthy Challenge
 Be healthy! Challenge
 Be stress-free activity
Know
Your Numbers
Manage
Your Risks

9. > LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS
> FEWER EMPLOYEE SICK DAYS
> REDUCTION IN WORKERS’ COMP COSTS
> LOWER DISABILITY MANAGEMENT COSTS
> IMPROVED MORALE
> REDUCED TURNOVER
> LIVES SAVED!
Return on Wellness

10. Lastly, wellness can’t be a temporary activity, but has to be
a way of life. It needs constant thought and practice such
that it becomes a part of one’s lifestyle. This is why
organizations are innovating in the way they motivate and
reward employees for setting and achieving health goals.
Thank
You
Reference:
World Health Organisation
http://www.benefitspro.com/2012/04/20/7-steps-to-
introducing-a-wellness-program
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wellness-
program.asp