National Group Training Conference April 2016 Kylie Cocks Healthy Workers Adviser Group Training Australia SA

OVERVIEW OF SESSION  What is a healthy workplace?  Why it is worth having?  How to do it?  Where to get more support?

WHAT IS A, HEALTHY WORKPLACE? A workplace that addresses the health of staff by:  promoting healthy habits  creating a healthy workplace environment and organisation

WHAT HABITS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT

STEPS TO TAKE - TOOLKIT 1: Getting Started 2: Needs Assessment 3: Action 4: Monitor & Review

 Management commitment  Business case  Identify resources  Link to policy STEP 1 – GET STARTED

THE BUSINESS BENEFITS Within a few months… ↑ Employee engagement ↑ Team cohesiveness ↑ Staff who feel valued Within 1-2 years… ↑ Health knowledge, attitude and skills acquisition ↑ Health behaviour change ↑ Job satisfaction / morale ↑ Workforce commitment ↑ Productivity ↑ Customer satisfaction ↑ Organisational practice & policy ↑ Company image / reputation ↑ Risk mitigation Within 3-5 years+… Return on investment/Value on investment Examples: ↑ Productivity ↑ Health status ↑ Sustainable workplace culture ↓ Absenteeism ↓ Injury rates ↓ Workers compensation costs ↓ Morbidity / mortality Adapted from Grossmeier, J, Terry, P, Cipriotti, A & Burtaine, J 2010, ‘Best practices in evaluating worksite health promotion programs’, The Art of Health Promotion (American Journal of Health Promotion), Jan/Feb.

INCREASED MORALE/ENGAGEMENT Proven? YES! In Australia, where organisations focused on wellness, employees were:  5 x more likely to be engaged  3 x more likely to stay in the first year  2.5 x more likely to say that their organisations were creative and innovative  3 x more likely to identify their organisation as a high or an above average performer 1.Right Management (2009) ‘Wellness and Productivity Management’, [online], Available: [2009, October 16] AS CITED IN: HAPIA Best practise guidelines 2.Sims, J. Right Management, Wellness and Productivity Management. Presentation to the Health and Productivity Management Congress 2010

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY Proven? YES!  Healthiest workers are 3 X more productive than unhealthiest workers 1  Reduced performance by presentism costs 2–7 x more than absenteeism 2  Productivity due to obesity cost $273 million in SA 3  Productivity due to mental health cost $6.1 billion in Australia 4 1.Mills, P 2005, The Vielife/IHPM Health and Performance Research Study, 1 July 2011, 2.Main, C, Glozier, N, Wright, I 2005, ‘Validity of the HSE stress tool: an investigation within four organizations by the Corporate Health and Performance Group’, Occupational Medicine, vol. 55, pp Access Economics (2008) The growing cost of obesity in 2008,: three years on. Report for Diabetes Australia 4.Price Waterhouse Coopers (2013) Creating a mentally healthy workplace; return on investment analysis; report for beyondblue and the National Mental Health Commission.

REDUCED ABSENTEEISM Proven? YES!  Unhealthiest employees take on average 9 more sick leave compared with healthiest employees 1  Females with a risk factor and a chronic disease, absenteeism was 2.5 x as high as those without and for males 4 x 2  Across 62 world studies there was average reduction in sick leave absenteeism by 25% 3 1.Medibank Private, The cost of workplace stress in Australia 2. Having a risk factor and chronic disease does impact on absenteeism: From AIHW Risk factors and participation in work. Cat. no. PHE 122. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 20 January 2014 < 3.Larry S. Chapman, (2012) Meta-Evaluation of Worksite Health Promotion Economic Return Studies: 2012 Update. American Journal of Health Promotion: March/April 2012, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. TAHP-1-TAHP-12.

DECREASE WORK-RELATED INJURY Proven? YES! (Not in Australian Studies)  Workers with medium to high health risks were 3 x more likely to file workers compensation claims 1  PWC state $145.9 million in mental health compensation claims 4  UK report a 50% reduction in injury rates and claims 2  US report 32% decrease in workers compensation and disability claims PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, Building the case for wellness 3.Chapman LS. Meta evaluation of worksite health promotion economic return studies. The Art of Health Promotion, 2003, 6(6):1-16. UPDATED Price Waterhouse Coopers (2013) Creating a mentally healthy workplace; return on investment analysis; report for beyondblue and the National Mental Health Commission.

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A worked example; Healthy Workers Portal ROI Calculator Healthy Workers Portal ROI Calculator THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)

ENGAGING EMPLOYEES  Communicate, communicate, communicate  Identify a COORDINATOR/CHAMPION  Add health to meeting agenda  Establish a health and wellbeing committee

STEP 2 – NEEDS ASSESSMENT Assess what  The needs of your biggest asset – your people  The workplace environment – your place  The vision and culture - your vision

CASE STUDY  GTO’s completed the editable workplace audit tool  Staff were invited to participate in a short survey Example:

STEP 3 - ACTION  Prioritise priorities  Review the suggested activities in the toolkit  Write the goals, objectives, strategies, tasks, timeframe and responsible person  Put it into action

CASE STUDY – GTA SA  Information  Competitions  Website  Free online health check healthy-futures/

CASE STUDY – GTA SA Building knowledge and skills within our GTO’s  Training  Resources  Referral pathways

CASE STUDY–  People Activities: Health information, fruit box, encourage walking and stand up agenda items.  Place Strategies: Extra kitchen items, yoga mats, stand up desks  Vision Strategies: Induction inclusions, review of policies, health and wellbeing planning day

STEP 4 – MONITOR & REVIEW Shall we evaluate or monitor?  Record keeping  Seek ongoing feedback  Maintain freshness  Celebrate achievements  Pre and post health check & workplace audit tool

WA HEALTHIER WORKPLACE WA For information visit: Queensland Healthier Happier Workplaces For information visit: Victoria Healthy Together Achievement Program For information visit: lthytogether.vic.gov.au

ACT HEALTHIER WORK For information visit: Tasmania Workplace H&S Advisory Service For information visit: worksafe.tas.gov.au/safety/hea lth_and_wellbeing NSW Get Healthy at Work For information visit:

Australian Government Healthy Workers For information visit: healthyworkers.gov.au healthyworkers.gov.au Heart Foundation Workplace Wellness For information visit: heartfoundation.org.au heartfoundation.org.au Workplace Health Association Australia For information visit: workplacehealth.org.au workplacehealth.org.au

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THANK YOU Acknowledgements: Healthy Workers - Healthy Futures Is Funded By SA Health