When you hire an employee, you
want him to work to the best of his ability. No matter what the season is, he
is indispensable at the office: less holidays, more productivity. And then he
gets sick and you incur losses, even if it is just for one day. A planned leave
is manageable, for you can always fill the gap with someone else but unplanned
sick leave puts everyone in a lurch.
This could be averted if
employers paid a little attention to their employees' holistic health. Holistic
wellness for employees is a necessity these days when the immunity of people
has dropped so drastically. Today, everybody is focusing on being slim so much
that they forget that it is not just the exterior that needs to look good but
also the interior, because that's the essence. While the corporate culture
brings with it numerous benefits, it also exposes us to chronic workplace
stress. Work pressure and stress leads to poor concentration, irritability and
reduced productivity. Job absences definitely are on a rise due to anxiety,
stress and neurotic disorders. Developing a healthy workplace can pay off
in reversing this trend.
When employees get sick, there is a break in
their consistency. Not to forget, their productivity is affected as they can't
work to that measure; they miss deadlines and succumb to the pressure. The
solution of this problem is to help them avoid sickness by adopting healthy
practices.
The one golden rule at
workplace should be: reporting to office when you are sick is unacceptable.
What happens when an employee does this is that, firstly, he obviously prolongs
his sickness by exerting himself and secondly, he passes the infection to
others. Both the cases are not in the benefit of the employers. Moreover, it is
ethically wrong. Another thing that employers should advocate is corporate
health programs designed for employees. Countries like US and UK implement
these corporate health programs effectively and help their personnel to reduce
the work stress and improve their health.
As long as an employee is
healthy and happy, it reflects on his work and benefits the company. Illness
and sickness, on the other hand, deflects proficiency. Because companies are
dependent on them, it is also their responsibility to indoctrinate healthy
practices at workplace. After all, it is better to invest in their holistic
wellness than bear the losses by frequent sick leaves.
The writer is Managing
Director & CEO, Perfect Wellness
