Wellbeing in the Workplace
Absenteeism, staff turnover, productivity and staff satisfaction are wellbeing-related concerns that many businesses struggle to overcome. This Laboratory aims to identify the key areas related to wellbeing issues in the workplace as well as mainstream and coordinate policy initiatives through discussions of best practices and development of associated tools.
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Project Description 2009-2010
"By 2025, one in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old, up from 16% in 2002"*. For 2009, the Wellbeing at Work Laboratory has decided to focus on the subject of Wellbeing of aging employees, in light of the important demographic changes that are taking place across Europe. Therefore, demographic change and an ageing population is and promises to be an influencding issues for all players in Europe, including businesses. Based on an overall recognition of the importance of Human capital, health & safety, HR and CSR are increasingly starting to look into the issue of wellbeing for ageing employees.
In doing so however, companies are facing certain challenges, which it is the aim of this working group to address. Examples of Key content questions for discussion include:
- How to face/deal with the ageging population of employees?
- What are the specific wellbeing issues related to this employee group?
- What are the strategies companies should put in place internally in regards to the aging of their workforce?
More information on the project and the specific deliverables and objectives of the Laboratory going forth in 2009 will be uploaded soon. If you are interested in learning more about this Laboratory and its plans for 2009 or are interested in joining the group, please do not hesitate to contact Marion Birnstill at mb@csreurope.org or at +32 (0)2 541 16 10
Project Description 2007-2008
Businesses are increasingly concerned about both direct and indirect costs associated with wellbeing issues such as absenteeism, staff turnover, productivity, and staff satisfaction. Based on an overall recognition of the importance of human capital, HR, H&S and CSR managers have started to consider wellbeing of employees as a top management priority and have begun to explore strategic responses to promoting wellbeing.
In doing so however, companies are facing certain challenges, which it is the aim of this working group to address. Examples of Key content questions for discussion include:
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How to mainstream and coordinate a wellbeing management policy across the company?
- What are the essential aspects of a wellbeing promotion strategy (e.g. prevention, identification and support, reintegration)?
- How to establish a business case for improving wellbeing in the workplace?
- What are the most effective tools to implement and monitor a wellbeing strategy?
Main Project Objectives and Targets 2007-2008
Objectives:
- Share best practices in the area of wellbeing in the workplace
- Learn from those successfully addressing the issue
- Develop practical tools to improve wellbeing in the workplace
- Test the effectiveness of tools developed
- Engage with relevant stakeholders in this field
Deliverables:
- Explore existing models of wellbeing promotion and training and possibly test the models in the framework of the lab
- A "Do's and Don'ts" toolkit based upon the pilot testing and including best practices collected from various companies.
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Facilitator
Company Participants
Janssen Pharmaceutica, France Telecom, Unilever, Epson, BT, Vattenfall, IBM, Bouygues, Solvay, Accor, GDF SUEZ, BASF
Contact Information
Marion Birnstill, CSR Europe
+32 2 541 16 22
mb@csreurope.org
Colleen Fletcher, CSR Europe
+32 2 541 1614
cf@csreurope.org
* World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision, Population database, United Nations Population Division, http://esa.un.org/unpp
