I would echo that employee health and well-being are becoming more important in organizations. I have seen this occur at the management and peer levels in my company. New programs have started to promote ergonomic workspaces and walking 10k steps a day. We also have several online health quizzes that if completed, we get money! (Usually as a reduction in insurance premium costs or a special spending account). Amongst my peers, I have also seen increased concern about each other’s well-being. Annually, we also discuss all of the different health insurance plans and their benefits.
These changes have all occurred within the past 2-3years. It’s still early, but it is a departure from previous perspectives where efficiency and productivity outweighed employee safety and health.
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I agree with you that employee health is becoming more important to organizations, but I think that this trend has been happening for quite a while. The cynic in me says that organizations invest in employee health (health care, ergonomic work spaces, family leave, etc.) as a way to improve their own bottom lines. Preventative health care costs far less than treating existing problems. So it this motivation “bad”? I don’t think so, necessarily. If an organization were to run deeply into the red because their employees were suffering health-wise, then they would go bankrupt and no one would have a job. So even if investing in employee health appear self-serving on their part- I still think that it is good for everyone.
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