Wellness in the Workplace

Does your employer have a workplace Wellness Program!? If not, it’s time to start one! Wellness programs are on the rise, and companies are realizing that there are many benefits to having a wellness program! Happy, healthy employees also tend to be much more productive employees; so it’s a win, win!

Stacey Kamienski
Grants & Contracts Manager

CHCACT’s Wellness programs consists of providing health and wellness information to employees, fitness challenges, group walks around our building, “lunchtime moves” (a quick 10 minute or less exercise), “Join us for lunches” (a healthy lunch for a small donation), a staff shout out wall, trivia contests, and much, much more. It’s important that CHCACT’s staff know that we care about our their wellbeing and overall mental health.

A simple way to start is to check out your health insurance carrier’s website, they often have a monthly schedule of topics and ideas that you can incorporate into your wellness program. For example, May is considered National Mental Health month, and Anthem offers all types of informational flyers and resources for Mental Health that we are going to share throughout the month. You can also incorporate a challenge of some sort to go along with this, maybe a “Take a break challenge”. This challenge would encourage employees to take a step away from their work for a short mental break. Taking a mental break is important in the workplace. Doing so can reduce stress and make employees more productive. A simple log sheet can be given to employees, so that they can keep track of when they are taking breaks. At the end of the challenge employees can submit their log sheets and be entered in a drawing for a prize!

So now is the time to start that wellness program, start off simple and expand it as you go. No matter what you plan to do, make it fun-and don’t forget that your employees are the most valuable assets to your company!

Have a happy and healthy week!

Stacey.