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Promote
work life balance by providing management with training to identify
the early signs of stress and the necessary skills to help manage
staff working hours efficiently. Company employees should not
regularly be required to work more than their contractual hours. If
working over is a regular occurrence this should be identified and
action taken to resolve.
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Encourage
employees to walk or cycle to work. Provide a secure location on site
for bicycle storage and changing room facilities.
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Ensure
employees take their permitted breaks way from their desk. Provide
rest areas where employees can chill out or even take a power nap.
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Introduce
a regular 'Wellbeing Day' in the company calendar to help promote a
healthy lifestyle. Provide information on nutrition, a body pit stop
to measure individual fitness and taster classes for stress management
techniques including yoga and massage.
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Eating
the right foods is an important part of employee wellbeing. If you
have in-house catering ensure there is always a healthy option
available. Provide Nutrition information and promote "5 A
Day".
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Ensure
employees have access to gym facilities. Provide in-house facility or
join forces with a local gym and provide subsidised membership. Gyms
will offer big discounts to local businesses so shop around.
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Organise
workplace challenges such as a Wii Sports / Wii Fit challenge. A
popular challenge to introduce is a pedometer challenge where staff
are targeted with walking 10,000 steps a day.
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Work
with local companies who can offer health and wellbeing services such
as massage, yoga and other stress busting activities in the workplace.
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Organise
inter departmental or inter company sports activities outside of work.
Football, cricket and golf are always a popular choice. Provide a
trophy for the winners.
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Introduce
massage chairs around the office. Vending massage chairs can be
supplied for little or no outlay depending on the usage. Maintenance
of the chair is normally included as standard through the vending
massage chair supplier.
