Well Being for Staff
Well Being for Staff
The Business Action on Health campaign from Business in the Community (BITC) is a business-led campaign to help companies better understand how to promote health and well-being in their organisations for the benefit of their people - as well as their bottom line. The campaign supports the work of the Government's Health, Work and Well-being Strategy - and is guided by the Leadership Team, chaired by Alex Gourlay of Boots, and includes Mike Hall, chief executive of Standard Life Healthcare, as well as representatives from companies including Danone Dairies, National Grid, Parcelforce Worldwide, Unum and Prof Dame Carol Black, National Director for Work and Health.
BITC commissioned YouGov to conduct omnibus research amongst 1,347 full and part-time workers in the UK, between 25-27 September 2007, to investigate their own experiences of health and well-being practices in the workplace.
When asked what they would most like their employers to provide, an annual duvet day was the most popular with 48% of employees citing this as something they would like their employer to provide. This was followed by private healthcare (43%), physical activity programmes such as discounted gym membership (38%), and informal relaxation areas (36%) in the workplace.
Investment in health and well-being is increasingly becoming a major factor in job choice criteria:
- Almost six in ten (59%) said they would consider leaving their job if their employer did not address health and well-being in the workplace.
- Over four in five (83%) said the way that an employer looks after the health and well-being of its staff was important when making a decision about a job.
- Almost nine in ten (89%) said that it was an important issue when recommending an organisation as a good place to work.
Standard Life Healthcare 17 January 2008