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When you talk about people being healthy, working in healthy workplaces, you know in your heart of hearts it’s the right thing to do. Peter James, Department of Justice |
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No matter what your position is on the health care debate, almost everyone seems to agree that the path we are on is an untenable route to increasing costs and diminishing returns. New data show American workers are getting less healthy each year, and this obviously will increase health care costs. The good news is that employers and employees can help contain these costs, in cost-effective and straightforward ways.
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"Wellness is about adding years to life and life to years" |
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The cost of waiting for people to get sick far exceeds the cost of helping healthy people stay healthy. Dee Edington, from his book Zero Trends. |
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In tough economic times, employee health is becoming a priority for many organizations. |
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Employees are more productive. They’re happier. Everybody benefits. Jim Inglis, Canada Revenue Agency |
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Rising from your desk to go for a walk at lunch--and encouraging your employees to do the same--might be one of your most fiscally responsible business decisions? That's why well-implemented employee health and wellness programs not only save organizations money, but also improve employee morale and productivity |
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Investing in employee health through a comprehensive workplace wellness strategy not only controls expenses, but also protects, supports and enhances human capital. |
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Our programs are incorporated into all aspects of the workplace, and development of effective communication plans and strategies to enhance participation are critical.
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You affect change one employee at a time. Sandra Greer, President, Amirix Systems Inc. |
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Healthy employees are happy and productive employees Our Physical Activity and Fitness System and our Nutrition and Healthy Weight System provide everything you need to launch and evaluate your own workplace health programs. They are easy to implement and include all the tools, activities and templates you need to motivate and educate your employees, as well as track and measure their progress. Take a look at our video to learn more.
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"When thoughtfully integrated into overall strategy, wellness is a powerful positive driver of employee engagement, productivity and performance" Owen Sullivan, Executive VP of Manpower and CEO of Right Management. |
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"An effective worksite wellness program can attract exceptional employees, improve on-the-job decision-making and time utilization, enhance employee morale and organizational commitment, reduce turnover, and reduce organizational conflict." American Heart Association |
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I firmly believe that providing opportunities for staff to meet each other and connect over common interests has a powerful impact on increasing employee morale and engagement. This type of workplace social networking builds cooperation and fosters concern for colleagues. This form of building a healthy workplace culture on multiple planes nurtures a healthy workplace environment and culture which starts to become self-sustaining. Janet Briggs, NS Department of Finance |
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Lifestyle counseling from a clinical practitioner targeting prevention of weight gain may help overweight and obese individuals lose or maintain their weight, according to the results of a Dutch randomized control trial published in the October (2009) issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. |
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The savings of direct and indirect costs substantiated by workplace wellness research means that organizations can no longer afford not to invest in their human capital…
Comprehensive workplace Welleness, What Is It? |
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“Comprehensive workplace health promotion is not a particular program. It is a philosophy, theory and practice of health promotion that is intended and designed to be incorporated into the strategic businessplans of organizations whose governors, owners and managers care about the well-being of their employees.” Canadian Diabetes Association |
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Enlightened organizations create a culture of wellness because they know that the cost of doing nothing is unsustainable and threatens an organizations viability. The time to act is now. |
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I don’t need a chart to prove to me that productivity improves with the health of employees. Sandra Greer, President, Amirix Systems Inc. |
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In addition to lowering the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure, keeping weight in check can also lower the risk of many different cancers, including breast, colon, kidney, pancreas, and esophagus. Harvard School of Public Health |
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CWS programs are directed by needs identified by employers and employees based on valid assessment tools and are comprehensive and sustainable. |
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Essential to comprehensive workplace wellness is the incorporation of wellness into the organization's strategic plan, thus signifying a shift away from relying solely on traditional 'soft' skills of support and encouragement. |
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Workplace wellness is about fostering a culture that supports all aspects of wellness. Jim Inglis, Canada Revenue Agency |
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Workplace wellness is not a one-time thing. You need to maintain the program over the long term. Jim Inglis, Canada Revenue Agency |
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Clearly an opportunity exists for employers to invest in the health of their workforce – and their companies – by making workplace wellness a core business strategy. |
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Workplace wellness programs which start with an upfront evaluation, and in turn respond to the identified needs as provided in an aggregate profile, can and do have great success for employees and employers. Janet Briggs, NS Department of Finance |
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Workplace Wellness programs are recognized as an effective way to provide healthy and safe working environments that lead to a healthier workforce. This in turn results in economic benefits for employers through reduction of preventable claims, absenteeism, and increased productivity and employee morale. Janet Briggs, NS Department of Finance |
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CWS programs have a strong evaluation component based on both health and economic indicators that serves as both a planning and evaluation tool. |
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…I would develop programs designed to keep low-risk people at low-risk, and programs designed to help high-risk people move to low-risk. Traditionally, companies offer their employees a health risk appraisal, and then they offer interventions for those at risk, while ignoring, or at least doing less for, those with little or no risk. Dee Edington, PhD, director of the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center. |
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If we can promote wellness within the workplace, reduce our premiums, that’s a win-win for everybody, completely.
Kerry Lynn Mercer, MacQuarries Pharmasave
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| Canadian CEO’s Take Action on Workplace Health |
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Saint John, New Brunswick, October 29, 2008 Business leaders in Canada are about to make history. A select group of CEOs, led by Jim Irving, CEO of J.D. Irving, Limited in Saint John, N.B., are coming together for the first time to explore how investments in employee health pay off for everyone. The 2008 CEO Forum on Workplace Health will discuss how the roadmap to a high-performing workplace and workforce starts in the office of the CEO. Michael J. Critelli, Executive Chairman of Pitney Bowes Inc., a company with $6.3 billion dollars of revenue in 2007, will share insights into the need – and the benefits – of implementing a comprehensive workplace wellness program. "Our experience at Pitney Bowes clearly demonstrates that businesses that pay attention to the health of their employees are paying important attention to the health of their enterprise," says Mr. Critelli. "This is about being the best we can be as a company and as an employer." "Good health is good business," said Jim Irving, President of J.D. Irving, Limited. "We have seen the progress that can be achieved through proactive wellness initiatives in the workplace. Wellness is a critical social, environmental and an economic issue that greatly impacts the potential of our region to compete, grow and prosper into the future. Improving wellness is a win-win-win – for the individual, the Province and local employers." "Creating a culture of wellness within businesses is a wise investment in our labour force and in our economy," says Dr. Lydia Makrides, president and CEO of Creative Wellness Solutions, which is co-organizing the CEO Forum with the New Brunswick Business Council. "It's time to bring our business leaders together, so that together they can make a significant, sustained impact in this area," says Dr. Makrides. The 2008 CEO Forum on Workplace Health is sponsored by Merck Frosst Canada Ltd., Pfizer and Rx&D in collaboration with Creative Wellness Solutions, the New Brunswick Business Council, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick. |
