Three Ways You Can Look After The Health Of Your Employees

As an employer, you probably monitor your employees' productivity and focus at work, but do you also monitor their happiness and health?

Health and workplace performance are linked in several types of research. In other words, investing in your employees' health benefits both them and your company as a whole.

It is also a proven way to attract and retain long-term personnel.

You can focus on your employees' health and happiness in three ways in this post.

Promote exercise

Encourage a healthy diet

Check on employee stress

Promote Exercise

Encourage and reward physical activity as the first step towards prioritizing your employees' well-being. Workplace exercise has been shown to improve employee health and productivity, according to a Danish study. The study demonstrated that all subjects improved their cardiorespiratory and muscular health. Everyone improved their productivity and had fewer sick days.

However, making time for physical activity is one of the largest obstacles for employees. You can encourage movement during the workday as an employer in numerous ways:

Allow employees to exercise during work hours.

Offer a corporate gym membership or a fitness facility discount.

Encourage staff to ride bikes to work on designated days.

Rather than sitting in a room, try standing or walking.

Promote A Healthy Diet

Eating well and exercising naturally go hand in hand, with both having excellent physical and emotional consequences on employees. Those who ate more fruits and vegetables were found to be happier, more engaged and more creative, according to one British Journal of Health Psychology study. This is because fruits and vegetables include nutrients that assist our bodies to manufacture more dopamine, a feel-good chemical that helps us feel curious, motivated, and involved. The peak physical benefits of eating healthy are reported by Medical News Today as enhanced gut health, lower cancer risk, weight loss and diabetic control.  Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, corporations are increasingly relocating personnel. So how do you promote healthy eating habits when workers work from home?

Create a company-wide virtual recipe book for healthy recipe sharing.

Reward your staff with gift vouchers to healthy eateries

Encouraging healthy eating with virtual cooking workshops and webinars

Establish “lunch buddies” to inspire and motivate coworkers.

Offer Nutritional guidance

Offer medicare fmo 

Check On Employee Stress

Stress management is an important aspect of your employees' overall wellness. It is important to note that while working at home has its advantages, it also has disadvantages. That's a 13% increase from early pandemic reports. Indeed, according to an SHRM survey, 44% of remote employees work longer hours at home than in the office. So, how can you help? We have suggestions:

Enforce workload limits to avoid employee burnout.

Encourage virtual collaboration and work breaks during the week.

Encourage and reassure your staff to openly discuss their concerns.

Offer virtual therapy and stress management tools.

Conclusion

The consciousness of your employees' health and happiness has a number of advantages for their productivity, satisfaction, and overall well-being. Being a compassionate and helpful corporation is hard to come by.