How To Improve Workplace Health & Safety

According to the Centers for Disease Control, employer sponsored health initiatives can reduce employer healthcare costs and improve employee morale. Implementing health and safety programs in the workplace provides benefits to both employers and employees and can be as simple as encouraging employees to quit smoking and involving employees in safety initiatives.

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How to Improve Workplace Health

1. Ban smoking on work property. Create and implement programs that offer reimbursement of qualified smoking cessation therapy, such as nicotine replacement, to encourage workers to kick the habit.

2. Encourage healthy eating habits by removing vending machines filled with snacks and beverages with high calories and low nutritional value. Consider enrolling in a fresh fruit delivery program to make healthy snacks available to employees. Sponsored Links Biomass Pellet Mill
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3. Enlist the help of a consultant to aid in selecting ergonomic furnishings, including chairs and workstations. Host a voluntary seminar on ergonomics for interested employees. Distribute gel filled wrist rests and mouse pads to prevent the development of carpal tunnel syndrome in employees with heavy computer usage.

4. Conducts free on-site health screenings for employees. Blood pressure and cholesterol screenings held in the workplace give employees who might not seek preventative screenings the opportunity to do so without inconvenience.

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