Recipe for a Healthy Workplace

1. Ingredients:

• Respect and Appreciation
• Freedom to Speak Up
• Valued Input
• Feeling Part of the Team
• Balanced Work Pace

2. How To Put It Together:

• Communicate Upcoming Changes
  • Seek Input From All Levels!
• Motivate With Job Variety
  • Rotate When Possible
• Recognize Work Well Done
  • Give Positive Feedback
• Help Balance Work & Home
  • Consider Flex-Time
• Establish Healthy Workplace Policies
  • Have Clear Guidelines for Everyone

3. Enjoy The Final Product:

Increased:

• Confidence and
• Enthusiasm
• Job Satisfaction
• Support Between
• Co-workers

Decreased:

• Job Turnover
• Injury Rate
• Absenteeism

4. Check the Bottom Line!

• Lower Operating Costs
• Greater Productivity
• Better Quality Service
• Increased Profit $$$

 Source: City of Ottowa Website

Workplace Wellness Programs: Guiding Principles for a Healthy Workplace

• Incorporating wellness into the organizational culture to create a healthy workplace
  The organization should demonstrate values and develop initiatives that support employee
  health and wellness

• Leadership through involvement in workplace wellness programs
  All staff should demonstrate commitment to healthy workplace practices. Senior management should reinforce and encourage the changes necessary for improvements in workplace wellness

• Focus on employees’ needs
  Healthy workplace wellness programs should be designed for all employees, regardless of their present level of health.  Workplace wellnes programs should accommodate different needs and preferences

• Recognition that a person’s lifestyle consists of an interdependent set of health habits
  The elements of a healthy workplace are interdependent and build on one another to meet employees’ needs. Organizations should focus workplace wellness programs on skill development and behavioural change to help reinforce a healthy workplace

• Adaptability to the special features of each workplace environment
  Each organization has its own operating procedures, structures and culture. Health programs should be integrated into the special features of each workplace