ENCOURAGING WORKERS TO STAY FIT
AND HEALTHY AT WORK

Source: <www.ciphr.com/blog/how-to-break-free-from-8-unhealthywork-habits/>

Noppanat Verayangkura (Bomb)
Student ID: 3499236 Date: 15 December 2014

Introduction
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Unhealthy working behaviour at work
Costs more than $ 10.9 billion
$4.7 billion in absenteeism
$6.1 billion in reduced productivity
$146 million in compensation claims

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Motivate workers

Findings
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Believing
Learning and developing
Using leader

Findings

Table 1: Main Reasons people joined the program
Reason

% to which this was important

Improve health

90

Company funded

34

Curious – wanting to learn

29

Able to attend despite shifts

18

Participate with workmates

16

Attractive presenter

12

Group learning

11

Sounded fun

7

Past success of comp

3

Forced to attend

1

Source: Scanes, L (ND), p. 6, viewed 22th November 2014,
<www.qrc.org.au/conference/_dbase_upl/03_spk013_Scanes.pdf>

Conclusion o o o o

Make people believe in their own capabilities Creating new activities which involved with learning and improving
Company funding
Motivate other people to take action

Recommendations
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Create environment in which health is major concern
Create a variety of health programs
Partially-funded and fully-funded programs
Create health leaders from all sectors of the company

Summary
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the healthier the worker is the more efficient and effective work

Reference List
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Loren R. Dyck PhD, SPHR, CHRP & Kathi J. Lovelace, 2012, Finding a fit with fitness:
Applying intentional change theory in worksite