Healthy Workplaces

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Healthy Workplaces

• Safe Hands and

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World Health Organisation
The Cost of Unhealthy Workplaces

• 2 Million Deaths Annually
• 286 Million Workplace accidents resulting in an
  average of 3 lost work days
• 160 Million new cases of work related illness
• 8 of the burden of disease from Global
  depression related to Occupational risks
• The data collected only reflects the injuries and
  illnesses that occur in formally registered
  workplaces.

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Why?

• It is the right thing to do business ethics
• It is the legal thing to do the legal case
• It is the smart thing to do the business case

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Potential Costs

• Lost work time
• Lost productivity (individual and group)
• Error
• Quality
• Staff turnover
• Skills deficits

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• The wealth of business depends on the health of
  workers.
• Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Public
  Health and Environment, World Health Organisation

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WHOs Workplace Model
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Physical - structure, air, machinery, furniture,
products, chemicals, materials and production
processes. Typically have the greatest potential
to disable or kill workers. Psychosocial -
organizational attitudes, values, beliefs and
daily practices affect the mental and physical
well-being of employees (workplace 'stressors or
enablers). Poor work organisation,
organisational culture, management style, lack of
support for work life balance, fear of job
loss. Personal Health Resources - health
services, information, resources, opportunities,
flexibility and supportive provided to workers
improve or maintain healthy personal lifestyles,
monitor and support physical and mental
health. Diet, exercise, smoking, illness
diagnosis, information on injury/illness
prevention Community Involvement Worker and
Business health is profoundly affected by the
physical and social environment of the broader
community. Good business are good corporate
citizens and good community members
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Assessment
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Programs

• Warm-ups at Work
• Smoking Cessation programs
• Healthy weight programs
• Healthy Lifestyle Newsletters (incl. recipes,
  Exercise tips, other health information)
• Subsidised gym and club membership
• Quality and Safety working groups
• Community Partnerships
• Wellbeing Noticeboards
• Health Passports
• Healthy Milestone Incentive Programs
• Inservices on Healthy Related Topics

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Summary

• Ensure the people in your business are are in top
  condition so that you can extract the best
  performance.
• Ensure the work they are doing and the
  environment is optimised to keep your staff
  performing at their peak.
• If you arent sure that is how your business is
  running
• Safe Hands can Help