It seemingly becomes longer every year and with the festive season well underway, have you maintained your healthy habits or are you slipping closer and closer to the Naughty list? Have those in the office around you been sharing their tales of late night Christmas Cheer while clutching to their 3rd coffee for the morning or did they simply call in sick, unable to face the light of day. If this sounds too familiar, both your health and productivity in the workplace are taking a hit. For Australia, a pattern of hangovers and sick leave in the workplace during the festive season will cost up to A$2bn ($1.6bn) in lost productivity in the last two weeks of the year, with some 10% of the workers polled planning to take up to three sick days off to recover from their celebrations, according to a survey of 1,000 workers. Of those who did make it to work the day after an office Christmas party, more than a quarter conceded they were functioning at only 50% productivity (BBC – The Real Cost of Hangovers
Health and productivity in the workplace are undoubtedly linked. When you have sick employees (or a sick workplace) there are both direct and indirect costs to your business. So, while you’re out enjoying the additional celebrations, lunches and post-work functions, it is important you consider a few guidelines on how to maintain your health (and productivity) this festive season. So, are you ready to make a stand this festive season? Why not consider a Wellness Initiative to incorporate the elements above and challenge your team to stay focussed this Festive Season? Altius Group can provide baseline Workplace Health Screening and then partner with you to develop a tailored Wellness Initiative to support your team in maintaining their health and ultimately increase productivity in the workplace. Providing education and raising awareness to the personal and commercial costs of the festive season is within your control. Take action and as a result, Santa may just put you on the ‘Nice’ list after-all. Altius Group provide expertise in people risk services including prevention and management of physical and psychological injuries. Altius Group consists of specialised businesses which cover a broad spectrum of individual health, wellbeing and rehabilitation interventions to ensure your organisation can realise the financial and commercial potential of a healthy, engaged team. Subscribe for the best of HR Management direct to your inbox: The post Maintaining health (and productivity) during the Festive Season appeared first on HR Management App.