Employee Health and wellness as part of Human Resources and workplace productivity

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Employee Health and wellness as part of Human
Resources and workplace productivity

• 22 October 2007
• DPSA
• Audrey Makofane

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ProductivitySA Vision and Mission

• OUR VISION
• To lead and inspire a productive and
• competitive South Africa
• OUR MISSSION
• ProductivitySA is a tripartite organisation
  dedicated to the development and enhancement of
  South Africas productivity by unleashing the
  spirit of continuous productivity improvement in
  all South Africans

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What is Productivity?

• Productivity is a powerful driver of economic
  performance globally
• Productivity is about people and people-centered
  productivity is a key ingredient to conquering
  the many challenges experienced by South Africans
• Higher productivity is the route to rising wealth
  and standards of living.
• Productivity has the ability to create a better
  life for all

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Productivity

• Employee Wellness Programmes refer to all the
• strategies, action plans and methods used to
• promote the physical, emotional and mental
• health of employees to ensure a productive
• workforce

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Productivity

• Unwellness Unproductive- Problems
• Absenteeism
• Mental Health
• Substance Abuse
• Sexual Harassment
• Stress
• Lower Morale

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Our Approach

• Prevention is better than cure
• Proactive rather than reactive

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Productivity

• What can be done to encourage wellness in the
  working environment to promote productivity in
  line with Human Resource Management and
  Development

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Productivity

• Strategic Issue
• Work/Life Balance
• Organisational Culture
• Health and Safety
• Performance Management
• Stress Management
• Management styles
• Communication
• Employment practice
• Job design
• Workplace Environment
• Training and Development
• Employee wellness is line responsibility

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Employee wellness
Organisation Development
Training Development
HRM/D STRATEGY
Health And Safety
Recruitment Selection
Performance Management
Remuneration Benefits
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Productivity

• Proactive Measures
• Run stress management workshops for all staff
• Open communication
• Work/Life balance
• Private lives of employees
• Awareness Campaigns
• Job satisfaction
• Counselling
• Celebrate annual events Health Day and HIV/Aids
• Encourage healthy workforce
• Reward and Recognition
• Provide healthy drinks
• Notice boards with healthy eating and drinking
  or fitness on
• monthly basis
• Assessing the impact of the programme on monthly
  basis

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• Productivity statistics VS Wellness
• Speed - 32 fewer instances of late delivery
• Quality 40 fewer rejects
• Morale 29 better attendance/turnover
• Cost 80 of companies reported cost reduction

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Productivity

• Questions from ProductivitySA
• Are your employees as productive as you would
• like them to be?
• Is South Africa competitive and productive
• globally as it is suppose to be?

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• Conclusion
• Message from ProductivitySA
• Sustainable improvement in the long run is
  associated with employee wellness
• Employee wellness! Improved living standards!
• Employee wellness !High performance!
• Employee wellness! Productive and competitive
  South Africa!

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Productivity

• THANK YOU