Improving wellbeing for employees should be on every business agenda.
Our expert team has designed bespoke Employee Wellbeing strategies to help companies like yours build a thriving and productive workforce, with a focus on:
· Reducing absenteeism
· Improving employee morale
· Increasing staff productivity
What is Wellbeing at work?
Wellbeing at work is about promoting and supporting your employees’ health and wellbeing. Our aim at UKIM is to help businesses champion a safe and better working environment. We do this by delivering a range of effective employee wellbeing strategies that enable businesses to deliver benefits to staff, so they are safe, happy and productive whilst in employment.
It’s been proven that healthy, happy workplaces help employees to flourish and reach their potential. A recent study by Mind.co.uk detailed that 60 percent of employees said they’d feel more motivated and more likely to recommend their organisation to friends or family if their employer supported their mental and physical wellbeing.
How to develop a bespoke Employee Wellbeing Strategy
We’ll help you develop a tailored Employee Wellbeing strategy designed specifically for your business needs. Our unique approach is tailored to your business, taking into account your specific needs, goals and resources. We deliver measurable Employee Wellbeing Improvement plans for your staff, always looking to create a return on investment.
A tailored approach to employee health and productivity
Of course, we recognise that all employees will be at different stages with their own personal health, so our project-based approach considers their individual biological, psychological and social factors (what we call our biopsychosocial model) and ensures no members of your team are left behind.
How a holistic Employee Wellbeing Strategy delivers ROI
An effective Employee Wellbeing Strategy covers diet, lifestyle, mental health and physical health. By working with UKIM, your business gains access to a multidisciplinary clinical team, providing first-class independent medical advice that improves wellbeing and drives measurable business outcomes.
How can you start to implement an Employee Wellbeing strategy?
Below we have put together eight ways in which you can improve your workplace wellbeing, focussing on the physical, psychological and sociological factors. Together, these will help ensure your employees are fit, happy and productive.
- Create a positive environment that actively promotes contentment for both employees and the business.
- Adopt a holistic health and wellbeing approach. Consider mindfulness sessions, yoga sessions, or health check breaks, where people can just take 5 and go for a walk.
- Create safe places at work. Somewhere people can go and take 5 or talk to someone. Many companies are adopting a Lunch & Learn approach creating workplace community building where employees can be educated on life skills, financial wellness, mental health, and the importance of self-care.
- Appoint a wellbeing champion. This could be someone that employees can talk with and discuss any issues they are currently facing.
- Consider company training for all employees on mental health within the workplace. This will help employees see the signs and encourage them talk and confide.
- Team building activities are ideal for building relationships between staff and line managers. Team building is an essential element of improving employee wellbeing; you are building the foundations of your business for future growth.
- Are you managers leading by example? Encourage managers to care & share. Encourage them to share that they are taking some time away from their desk or taking a wellness break.
- Communicate, communicate. communicate. It’s vital because, without clear lines of communication with your employees, they can feel isolated. Open-door policies are great, but also make them aware there are areas they can talk to you in private.
Embracing some of our suggestions combined with a robust and measurable health and wellbeing agenda shows you are investing in your employees. Adopting these measures with UKIM will lead to:
- Reduced absenteeism
- Increased resilience
- Improved engagement
- Increase in productivity
Many wellbeing initiatives fall short due to businesses not knowing where to start and not having the right resource available. At UKIM, we deliver a range of employee wellbeing strategies to over 800 individual customers both across the public and private sectors. A forward-thinking company, we have a proven track record of providing completely client-focused solutions that not only deliver a range of innovative solutions but are also robust, convenient & quick.
Businesses need to be aware of these issues to put the correct measures in place and make employee welling a priority in 2023. Employee health and wellbeing shouldn't be seen as a ‘nice-to-have’; it should be implemented in every business model for the future of their organisation.
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Are you an employee?
If you have any health conditions or concerns that you are worried may impact your performance at work, we would encourage you to discuss them with your employer in a transparent and open manner. They may be able to provide support or a referral to our Occupational Health services (like Physiotherapy or Counselling) to help you manage your health at work.
You can also get more information by reading through our Occupational Health Assessment FAQ for Employees ››
Expert insights on Employee Wellbeing trends and best practice
Our Clinical Experts provide insights on developing your own Employee Wellbeing Strategy. The UKIM team of professionals publish regular news and service columns about Employee Wellbeing, providing additional detail on the scope of Occupational Health services we can offer to your business.
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Occupational Health services that support Employee Wellbeing
Employee Wellbeing sits at the heart of our wider Occupational Health services. Our team of experts adopt a holistic, end-to-end approach to tackling the physical and mental health challenges your workforce may encounter and treat them through a range of effective occupational health solutions, including:
Physiotherapy
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