Welcome to Employee Benefits’ Health and Wellbeing Week in association with Health Shield.
Employers’ health and wellbeing strategies have undergone something of an evolution in recent years, in large part due to factors such as changing workforce demographics. The presence of five generations in the workplace means organisations are now likely to see a much broader range of health issues impacting their workforce.
Factors such as the rising state pension age mean this trend is likely to grow in prominence in the coming years, so organisations that begin to take action and plan for this now will undoubtedly reap the rewards. Forward planning will be particularly crucial when it comes to dealing with health-related issues that may previously not have been commonplace in the workplace, such as dementia or Alzheimer’s, which may be typically more common among (although are not exclusive to) older workers. Such conditions may require consideration by employers about the physical and emotional health support affected employees could benefit from.
On a broader level, this month’s Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017 found that two of employers’ primary objectives when offering health-related benefits were to engage employees and to boost overall employee wellbeing. Achieving such aims will ultimately result in improved employee retention and productivity, as well as lower sickness absence levels and the costs associated with this – to name but a few of the benefits for employers.
So wherever you are with health and wellbeing in your organisation, Health and Wellbeing Week is designed to help you take this to the next level.
New and exclusive articles will be published every day, so make sure you do not miss a moment of Health and Wellbeing Week.
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck Editor Tweet: @DebbieLovewell
