Case study: Staff wellbeing at Cadbury Trebor Bassett
After Cadbury Trebor Bassett implemented a wellbeing programme for IT staff,
63% of participants reported a better work–life balance.
The study of the
effectiveness of the programme, which was developed for 260 IT staff responsible
for implementing a six-month global IT project, was carried out by Nuffield
Proactive Health over a nine-month period, between January and October 2005.
The results revealed significant improvements in the overall health, morale and productivity of the staff involved, showing a clear link between good health in the workplace and employee performance.
Having piloted the programme as Cadbury's Bournville site, the occupational health team has now extended it throughout the Cadbury group.
Chocs away Sara Bean reports in Occupational Health.
Also
Healthy, wealthy and the whys Organisations that invest in staff wellbeing achieve better engagement and retention, and outperform the competition, argues Sally O'Reilly.
Fit for purpose Julie Hill investigates the popularity of subsidised gym membership as an employee benefit and looks at alternative ways of promoting staff fitness, such as organising running clubs.
Workplace health and wellbeing in focus Personnel Today's special report on promoting employee health and wellbeing includes guidance on implementing a health at work strategy, together with key action points and named organisation case studies on best practice.
The road to
wellbeing Writing in Occupational Health, Dr Les
Smith argues that occupational health practitioners must persuade employers to
invest in a health and wellbeing strategy.
Getting the message
across For any health promotion programme to have an impact it
must be creative and innovative or it will simply be ignored. Liz Hall writes in
Occupational Health.
How to develop a positive health
and safety culture Practical guidance from XpertHR's How to
service.
