Workplace Wellness Programs: Health Related business Policies and Procedures

At times Workplace Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the organization image with little concern for improvements in worker health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing worker health and wellness, are businesses who have worked to include Workplace 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 Workplace Wellness Program committees and business 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 worker work efforts