Your staff is the biggest asset to your company and generally the most costly - for the majority of businesses the wages bill is the biggest expenditure.
So why would you not look after the biggest asset? Kind of like buying a Ferrari and then never changing the oil or getting the engine serviced!
Benefits of a Workplace Wellness Programme:
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So why would you not look after the biggest asset? Kind of like buying a Ferrari and then never changing the oil or getting the engine serviced!
Benefits of a Workplace Wellness Programme:
- Improved employee engagement
- Improved attendance - less absenteeism and presenteeism
- Help to recruit and just as importantly retain staff
To see how we can help give us a call today
A lot of business resources is spent on trying to prevent back pain from causing long term absence from work. However, attempts to reduce physical loads on the back through manual handling training and changing office ergonomics have not made significant impact on the amount of sickness absence from work.
Rather than focusing only on physical factors like posture, ergonomics and manual handling, back pain prevention programme with wellness 4 work focus on the problem with a more holistic approach and aim to address more risk factors such as sleep, mood, stress, anxiety and general wellbeing.Kieran O'Sullivan is lead physiotherapist at the Sports Spine Centre at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar and a senior lecturer in Physiotherapy at University of Limerick. His research group provides evidence-based information at pain-ed.com
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