Investing in employee health and improving employer awareness of the importance of maintaining employee health is becoming increasingly important in the past few years. Raising awareness on healthy lifestyles and working habits among workers is associated with substantial benefits not only for employees, but also for the company and society as a whole.
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Benefits of health promotion for businesses |
Employee benefits |
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Low rate of absence from work |
Improved confidence |
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Reduced employee turnover |
Improved physical, mental, and emotional health |
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Improved productivity |
Improved self-image |
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Better relationships between workers |
Improved job satisfaction |
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Reputation of good employer |
Sense of company loyalty |
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Improved work abilities |
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Socialising and getting to know colleagues |
In the scope of the CENTRE FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND WORK, we collaborate with you in the planning and implementation of workplace health promotion, including the preparation of the basis for designing a programme based on a preliminary quality analysis of the current situation. Furthermore, we offer assistance in programme design and implementation.
The activities that we offer as part of workplace health promotion are as follows:
1. Workplace examination with feedback
2. Employee health status analysis
3. Planning of workplace health promotion
4. Worker health education – training that includes:
a. Various lectures (health protection at work, healthy lifestyle, employee motivation, communication, personal and professional growth)
b. Various workshops (techniques for managing stress in the workplace, burnout recognition and taking appropriate action, harmful use of alcohol and psychoactive substances, breast self-examination, maintaining a healthy spinal function, etc., sports and exercise breaks at work, carpal tunnel syndrome, manager workshops, employee motivation, communication, personal and professional growth, first aid and rescue training in the event of injuries and accidents at work)
c. Measurements/tests (blood pressure, ankle-brachial index, blood sugar level, cholesterol, triglycerides, bone density, DXA analysis, endurance test, etc.)
5. Professional assistance in the resolution of sick leave-related issues
6. Safety data sheet review and analysis
7. Massage therapy in the workplace
8. Exercise conducted by a kinesiologist
9. Acupuncture
The Health and Safety at Work Act (ZVZD-1) requires employers:
Article 6: Employers shall plan and implement workplace health promotion.
Article 24: Employers shall adopt measures to prevent, eliminate and manage cases of:
• Violence
• Harassment and
• Other forms of psychosocial risks at the workplace which can pose a threat to workers’ health
Article 34: In relation to workplace health promotion, employers shall:
• Plan and
• Provide the necessary means for it and define the method for monitoring its implementation.
Employee nutrition
Employee nutrition
Poor eating habits are a major risk factor for the development of chronic infectious conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, diabetes, obesity, and many others. Efforts to ensure that workers have access to healthy food at work are for the purpose of maintaining and/or improving workers' health and well-being, and to reduce health risks connected to poor nutrition. Consequently, all of this contributes to improved work productivity.
Employee nutrition
The perfect nutritional model that we want to offer employees in the workplace encompasses health promotion (knowledge, education, and motivation for a healthy lifestyle and nutrition), which can only be attained in an appropriate environment or in work organisations characterised by thoroughly organised nutrition. E.g., in the case of our own catering facilities, we can work with our kitchen staff to prepare balanced, nutritionally appropriate menus tailored to the demands of the job of each individual, with a favourable energy and nutritional profile. However, when outsourcing food services to external contractors, we can function as a link between the company and the contractor. The advantage of such cooperation is in the critical review of available menus as well as their optimisation. In our work, we observe the Guidelines for healthy nutrition of workers in work organisations issued by the Ministry of Health.
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development
Important health risk factors in the workplace include factors related to:
• Management style
• Division of roles and work organisation
• Communication within the company and conflict resolution methods
• Quality of employee relations
• Possibility of advancement
• Employee involvement in the decision-making process
• Employee emotional and social skills
• How the company enables the reconciliation of professional and private life
All of these factors directly impact not only employee health, but also company performance and reputation. That is why, in the context of QC, we offer a comprehensive approach to addressing risk factors, with a particular emphasis on HR.
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