Health and Safety in the Workplace

At times Workplace Health Promotion Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the corporate image with little concern for improvements in employee health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing employee health and wellness, are corporations who have worked to include Workplace Health Promotion Programs into the employer’s mission statement. With this commitment, policies and procedures can be written to address short and long term goals of increased employee health, productivity, and morale. These policies and procedures are critical to the establishment of supportive organizational cultures conducive to employee health and wellness.

• Active employee involvement in Workplace Health Promotion Program committees and employer decision making
• Availability of flextime work schedules
• No tobacco use policy
• Drug use policy and drug testing
• Motor vehicle seatbelts and the use of other protective/safety equipment
• Sexual harassment policy
• Family leave initiatives
• Consistent and frequent awards and recognition of employee work efforts