The well-being of an employee can impact their performance in the workplace in areas of both productivity and costs. Healthy employees are more productive and perform their job tasks more cost effectively; employees who are physically and emotionally healthy get along better with co-workers, and make a more positive contribution to the work environment.
Encourage Health in the Work Place
In general, employers who support their employee's well-being have an overall higher performing organisation. Many employers have turned their break rooms and company kitchens into healthier places by introducing filtered water coolers and stocking vending machines with healthy snacks instead of junk food. Others have installed small gyms or work out rooms where employees can exercise before or after their shifts or even during their lunch breaks. Healthier employees feel better, think with greater clarity and generally get more done each day.
Well Hydrated Employees Think Better
Companies that invest in their employees have more dedicated workers who provide better customer service and promote the companies when they interact with friends and neighbours in their communities. Providing easily accessible water coolers for employees is a great way to help keep them well hydrated and improve their levels of concentration. Providing instant boiling water taps in the company kitchen, will encourage staff to stay hydrated, there are many hot water taps available that are safer, more economical and heat up faster than traditional kettles. Water is essential to healthy minds and bodies, and well-hydrated employees are naturally healthier and more productive.
Take Breaks
When the workload is busy, some employees resort to skipping lunch and working through to help them get more work finished. Some employees never take a break, because they are under the mistaken impression that skipping breaks makes them more productive. On the contrary, employees who skip lunch or eat quickly at their desks while working do not increase their productivity, nor do employees who avoid taking breaks; they actually get tired, lose their sharpness, make mistakes and become less productive.
The Importance of Breakfast
Many company employees lead very busy lives and may have already put in three or more hours of running around at home, taking kids to school and fighting traffic before they even sit down at their desks. Often, this means that they skip breakfast as they do not have time to prepare food or sit down and eat it. Providing some basic proteins and carbohydrates in the company kitchen, along with instant boiling water taps for porridge or other hot breakfast items, can help employees stay well-hydrated and maintain stable glucose levels.
