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Better Shape Up: Best Jobs Staying Fit
By Brooke Chaplan
Many of today’s jobs are sedentary, which is one of the reasons the obesity rate has been climbing for the past few decades. Fortunately, there are still jobs that will keep you fit. Below are some…
The Secret to Protecting Your Health When in Your Workplace
If you are a working person, you will spend a very large percentage of your life at your place of work. Whether this is an office, a classroom, and outdoor space or any other type of environment, it is very important that you make sure you…
The Secret to Being Happy And Healthy at Home And at Work
Finding the balance between work life and home life can be very tricky indeed, but it is vital for corporate wellness. People take care of their wellbeing best of all if they are able to enjoy their work life, enjoy their home life, and let…
Corporate Wellness Plans: Facts, Challenges and Solutions
If you’re considering a corporate wellness programme for your company, you only need to look at the facts to make your decision. Wellness programmes lead to cost savings, happier employees and a more productive workforce – fact. So with the…
Is Your Employer Doing Enough to Keep You Healthy at Work?
Whilst a recent study indicated that wellness programmes in the workplace did not help to improve corporate wellness, many others have come out in defence of these programmes, stating that they are hugely beneficial, not only for wellbeing,…
Corporate Wellness Programmes: Cost-Saver or Something More?
Wellness experts have extolled the cost-saving benefits of corporate wellness programmes in recent years. It is said that taking care of your employees’ wellbeing ensures they’ll take fewer sick days, work more efficiently, and make them…
How to Fight the Pain of Sitting at a Desk all Day
Stress isn't the only type of pain that affects corporate wellness. This is according to a new study by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), based on surveys of more than 1,000 US employees who mostly work at a desk, which found that…
Reduce Paper To Reduce Emotional Stress
Whether it’s piles of documents on your desk at work, bills strewn across surfaces at home or files clogging up your home office, facing mountains of paperwork on a daily basis is a real problem. Not only is it stressful to see them…
Desk Dieting: How to Eat Healthily When You’re at Work
Whether you’ve got a healthy eating plan in place so that you lose a few pounds, or you increase your overall sense of wellbeing, your corporate life can get in the way. At home, you can keep track of every grain of salt and calorie that…
Does Smoking at Work Promote Smoking at Home?
If you are not allowed to smoke at work, you are more likely to abstain from smoking at home. This is according to a new study of adults in India, which found that a smoke-free corporate environment led to more smoke-free homes, compared to…
How to Keep on Top of Your Mental Health When at Work
Workplaces can be places of extreme stress, and a very important element of corporate wellness is protecting the mental health of all employees. Statistics have shown that one in six workers struggle with some type of mental health problem,…
Corporate Wealth And Corporate Stress: Finding a Balance
In the hustle-bustle of corporate life, wealth and finance are the big structures that hold everything firmly in place. Wherever you turn, corporations do not hesitate to present their monetary pride whilst maintaining its tireless…
Injured on the Job and Can’t Work? 3 Steps to Take Next
Life after a serious work injury can be a stressful experience. Your body is pain, you’re unable to work, and you’re worried how you will pay next month’s bills.
However, if you were injured while at work, your employer may be liable for…
How To Make Healthy Choices In A Digital World
The modern workplace is changing. Instead of sitting in a typical, old-fashioned corporate environment, with desks and chairs and people writing on paper using pens, typical office workers use a computer and a keyboard. They may be in an…
Robert Owen and the 1800s: The Origins of Corporate Wellness
There was a time, around the turn of the 19th century, that corporate wellness was considered an absurd notion. Employer who give a damn about the health and wellbeing of their employees? Balderdash! (or some equally archaic expression). In…
Could Asbestos Actually be a Risk to Us?
If you are an avid reader of the news both nationally and globally the chances are high that you will regularly read another asbestos related article. On vary rare occasions there may be something positive such as a change to litigation or…
Time to Recover
In some companies, taking a sick day is seriously frowned upon. But the problem with this culture is that it encourages staff to drag themselves into work when they are not well. This means staff often stay unwell for longer and increases…
Do Corporate Wellness Programmes Save Costs?
American supermarket Safeway has an important part to play in history, as it was one of the first organisations to instigate the idea of a corporate wellness programme. This is a special programme that is taken on by an employer in order to…
5 Secrets to Reducing Foot Pain at Work
Whether you are a salesperson, a police officer, a construction worker, a teacher, a restaurant employee, or a professional athlete, the pain from standing on your feet for long periods of time directly affects your mood and job…
How to Deal with Workplace Aches and Pains
Is your job quite literally a pain in the neck? Do you finish the working day aching or feeling tense? Well, when it comes to the workplace, there are plenty of things that can cause aches and pains. Here are some of the most common…
American Workplace Wellness Programs May Not Work
Workplace wellness programs are big business in America. They originally started off as large companies offering their employments health-promoting benefits such as gym memberships, stop-smoking therapy and small cash rewards for…
Injuries at Work: How Implementing Safety Procedures Matter
According to the United States Department of Labor, the weekly cost nationwide to employers for workers' compensation claims for injuries at work are almost $1 billion. It has also been estimated that the average cost of each…
Working More Than 30 Hours Each Week Could Be Bad For Your Brain.
According to researchers at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, working full time after the age of 40 is too much.
The research, which involved collecting data from 6,500 people, found that doing more than…
Health Conditions Common to Historical Job Site Workers
Individuals who work in historical homes and other buildings are at risk of being exposed to toxins such as asbestos that have been conclusively linked to serious and potentially deadly health conditions. This problem is most…
7 Ways to Improve Corporate Wellness in Your Current Job
If corporate wellness isn’t a priority at your company, you may be considering leaving your job. However, these days a job is like gold dust, so how do you look after your wellbeing in the job you already have?
1.…
Do You Understand Your Employee Benefits Package?
While the NHS covers a lot of wellness needs, that coverage will only get you so far. However, certain companies are taking care of their employees’ wellbeing, and including health benefits as part of their overall corporate wellness…
How To Create The Perfect Office Environment
To have an effective and productive working environment there are a lot of things that have to be gotten just right. People are fairly simple in the things that they want and expect from a workplace. The happier employees are kept the…
Maintain A Healthy Office Routine With These Steps
The office is a difficult place to maintain a healthy routine, but with a few easy changes to how you spend your day you can stay healthier throughout the working week. Here are ten steps to a healthier you, both in and out of the office.…
Top Tips For Staying Healthy In The Workplace
We’ve all been there - the afternoon hits and our energy slumps almost instantly. If you find that you’re regularly running out of energy come the end of the day, you might not be taking as good care of yourself in the office as you think…
Warning: Are you Underestimating the Risks at Work?
A recent study has shown that Canadians significantly underestimate the risks to their wellness and wellbeing that a corporate environment can pose. The study showed that employees were severely underestimating personal health risks, and…