New research from Monash University has highlighted an important and often ignored issued: the cost of poor health in older employees. [See summary here, or the full report here (PDF).] The research findings are unsurprising: if older workers were healthier, they would be more productive and would stay in the workforce longer. While these findings in [...]
We’ve had a lot of interest in our blog on the direct link between employee health habits and productivity. For all those looking for it, here’s the full article on the research (pdf) we referred to in the blog. You might also be interested to know that the author of the research is our very own [...]
As Corporate Health and Wellness practitioners, we all know instinctively that employees with healthy habits are more productive. Now there’s research to prove it. A study published in Population Health Management surveyed 19,803 employees working at three large, geographically dispersed companies. They found that even one unhealthy behaviour increases the likelihood of lost productivity. Employees who [...]
Mental health in the workplace has again come under the spotlight, this time with the findings that mental stress claims in the public service have increased by 30 per cent in the past three years. A federal government review of the Comcare insurance scheme has uncovered some interesting trends. The finding which received the most [...]
If you had to pick just one health check for your employees, it makes sense to do it for the disease that’s the number 1 killer in Australia: cardiovascular disease (CVD). Heart checks are one of, if not the, most powerful health checks you can give your employees. For employees at severe risk, it can [...]