Healthier workplaces: toolkits for businesses
Employee health and wellbeing are crucial factors impacting both individuals and businesses.
Adults dedicate a significant portion of their lives to work, so the workplace presents a prime opportunity to foster a culture of wellbeing that benefits everyone.
Studies have consistently shown the positive influence of a healthy workforce on a company's success. Reduced absences, lower staff turnover, and a more productive environment are all directly linked to employee wellbeing.
Our free toolkits equip organisations, regardless of size or industry, to invest in their employees' wellbeing. The resources give employers the tools to support employees in achieving their optimal physical and mental health.
Each user-friendly toolkit provides a valuable resource for businesses who are looking to create a thriving workforce through a commitment to employee wellbeing.
Guidance for line managers outlines effective, practical strategies for promoting positive health in four key areas:
- Smokefree workplaces
- Physical activity and active travel
- Mental health
- Healthy eating
Smokefree workplaces
Stopping smoking is the single most important thing anyone can do for their physical, mental and financial health. This toolkit help employers to put smoke-free policies and practices in place, that will create healthier and wealthier workplaces.
Physical activity and active travel
Employees that engage in physical activity typically have healthier immune systems, are more productive and focused, have a happier outlook and can handle stressful situations better. This toolkit offers guidance and advice to employers on how to help you empower your staff to incorporate more exercise into their workdays.
Mental health
Mental health, like physical health, can fluctuate from good to poor. Mental health problems can affect any of us irrespective of age, personality or background. They can appear as a result of experiences in both our personal and working lives - or they just happen. This toolkit offers advice on how your business can support the mental health and wellbeing of its employees.
- Mental health toolkit (PDF)
Healthy eating
Physical inactivity and poor diet are among the top causes of ill health. Working adults spend a third of their waking hours in work, which means our workplaces are key spaces for improving wellbeing. When we are feeling well, we are more productive and take less time off sick.
It is not surprising that employers are now recognising the benefits of supporting the health of their staff.
- Healthy eating toolkit (PDF)