What is workplace health and why is it important?
Having a workplace that promotes staff health and wellbeing benefits both employees and employers.
Employment in a job that offers ‘good work’ improves the health and wellbeing of employees.
Good work allows staff to connect with others, receive a stable income, and have a sense of purpose. Unemployment is associated with an increased risk of poorer health, including heart disease, poor mental health and long term illnesses.
Not only is good work good for your health, but a healthy workforce also helps businesses to thrive.
A healthy workforce has fewer sickness absences, better productivity and longer careers before retiring. Sickness absences and worklessness is estimated to cost the UK economy £100 billion a year. Having a healthy workforce can support businesses to thrive.
As a business, you are also obligated to protect the health and safety of your employees. This is regulated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
We have produced a printable version of this toolkit which contains all the key information in one handy poster. You can print copies of this poster to use in your business or place of work.