Brisbane and Gold Coast Corporate Health and Employee Wellness

John Bates here talks about how we defining Corporate Wellness Programs and what the employer will get out of it.
It is not uncommon to see the typical worksite offer a Corporate Health Promotion Program. These programs can look vastly different from worksite to worksite , but the goals are usually the same – that being [...]

This article gives a broader perspective and alternate ideas about the benefits of promoting health and wellness at work to employees.
A employee health promotion initiative in the worksite can be designed to help mitigate an employee’s health care needs and ensure that work goals are healthful and in balance.

A worksite wellness program can’t fix something [...]

In this article, John J Kovacs addresses how organisations can make simple design changes to enhance corporate health and employee wellness, enhance safety on the job and to minimise expense and maximise profit.
To help companies appreciate the potential business impact of ergonomics programs, the Washington State Department of Labour & Industries compiled reports of ergonomic [...]

Benedict Yossarian talks about the essential aspects of what makes an employee health and wellness program in the workplace effective.
The number of corporations that set up employee wellness programs continues to rise this year. Investments in wellness programs are increasingly being given serious thought. Studies show that having a sound employee wellness scheme in place [...]

This article by Joseph Byrd explores the relationship between the health of our environment, the health of our staff and the health of our business.
What is the difference between living healthy and not living healthy? More importantly, in business, what is the difference between a healthy, productive company and an unhealthy, unproductive company? There actually [...]

This article by Henry Engleka speaks directly to the point of employee wellbeing and gives some fascinating statistics of corporate health and how employers are viewing it.
In the world of business, well-being has garnered special attention, as employers and other key stakeholders strive to improve productivity, cut costs, and drive employee participation and results. Despite [...]

We all know that when we get tired, our attention wanders and the quality of our work decreases. This however, is only one consequence of working long hours. Certain industries even have extended work hours so ingrained into their culture that peer pressure on the employee to do the same is huge. Consider the following [...]

We’ve all heard about work-life balance – the perfect point between job commitments, money-making activities, family and personal responsibility, health and wellness and enjoyment of life. No small task for anyone these days it seems. Below are some advantages an employer will gain by promoting work-life balance for employees in an organisation:

employees are likely to [...]

Here Lee Tse Ling summarises the essence of Work With Heart day beautifully.
Your heart might be in your work, but is work putting your heart first?
ARE you working your heart into an early grave? According to the World Heart Federation (WHF), at least four out of five premature deaths from heart disease and stroke – [...]

Workplace health promotion generally focuses on promoting employee health through the reduction of health risks and lifestyle behaviours like smoking, eating poorly and not exercising. These programs traditionally have only ever benefitted from employed adults in large corporations. However, employee health and wellness is just as applicable to small businesses with staff too and the [...]