Is your work environment contributing to employee ill health?
Increasing medical, disability and/or worker's compensation costs? According to a recent Ipsos-Reid study, the main workplace contributors to absenteeism are preventable – depression/anxiety/mental health disorders, stress, adverse relationships with supervisors or managers, and co-worker conflict. Other major factors were related to issues in the lives of employees outside of the workplace – childcare, parenting, addiction or substance abuse, and eldercare.
What is the single most critical qualifying factor for the title "Employer of Choice"?
Organizational Culture! - one that creates a respectful, supportive, fair, challenging, and creative workplace. And great companies, regardless of size, understand that an Employee Wellness Program, as part of an overall Employee Wellness Strategy, is fundamental to maintaining a dynamic organizational culture.