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In 2019, the U.S. is more health conscious than ever. Ninety-two percent of U.S. residents say it’s important to get an annual physical, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and 62 percent report actually getting the exam. It’s estimated about 44 million Americans get physicals ever year.
Wellbeing in the workplace is increasingly important, with good employee health and happiness increasingly linked to better performance and productivity.
Ergodyne has been named one of the “Best Places to Work” in the small business category by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, a list that includes companies with 25-49 employees in a wide range of industries across the Twin Cities.
Eat, sleep, work, play and love are the five typical activities of daily living, according to Dr. Raymond Catton. Each has a connection to workplace safety. Let’s examine.
OSHA has designated June 12-18, 2017, as “Safe + Sound Week,” a new nationwide effort that calls on organizations of all sizes in a wide range of industries to raise awareness of the value and importance of workplace safety and health programs.
Occupation, lack of paid sick leave, and multiple psychosocial factors are related to workers’ own perceived low health status, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Businesses by and large would rather not know about employees’ mental struggles, and related so-called weaknesses and fragility, and employees don’t want managers and supervisors to know out of fear of losing their jobs. This is a dangerous silence all around.
A growing body of evidence supports the underlying concept that focusing on the health and safety of your workforce is good for the employees as well as your bottom line.
