At times Employee Health and Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the corporate image with little concern for improvements in worker health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing worker health and wellness, are companies who have worked to include Employee Health and Wellness Programs into the business’s mission statement. With this commitment, policies and procedures can be written to address short and long term goals of increased worker health, productivity, and morale. These policies and procedures are critical to the establishment of supportive organizational cultures conducive to worker health and wellness.
• Active worker involvement in Employee Health and Wellness Program committees and business decision making
• Availability of flextime work schedules
• No smoking policy
• Drug use policy and testing
• Motor vehicle seatbelts and the use of other protective/safety equipment
• Sexual harassment policy
• Family leave programs
• Consistent and frequent awards and recognition of worker work efforts
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