Employee Well-being: Importance, Initiatives, and Strategies

This document discusses the concept of employee well-being and its importance in the workplace. It explores the initiatives taken by companies like Tesco and Walmart to promote employee well-being. The document also covers various strategies and programs that organizations can implement to maintain employee well-being.

Employee Well-being

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY...................................................................................................................................3
The concept of employee well-being...........................................................................................3
Tesco's attempt at employee well-being initiatives.....................................................................7
Walmart's attempt at employee well-being initiatives.................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Employee well-being refer to an employee who is physiologically fit in the workplace. In
simple word optimizing health of the all employees who offers their services in organization
rather than reducing number of staff who takes treatment for the medical condition. Employees
well-being is important for the organization because it supports organization to achieve their
mission (Nielsen and et.al., 2017). To maintain well-being of employees organizes well-being
program which helps employees to adjust in atmosphere and keeps healthy behaviour.
Employees well-being is crucial factor for determining effectiveness of an organization. It
improves productivity of employees at workplace. Human resource management plays vital role
to maintain well-being of employee's. To understand significance of the employees well-being in
the workplace there is an example of two companies Tesco and Walmart. This report covers
definition of employee well-being, scopes and their practices.
MAINBODY
The concept of employee well-being
Well being refers to the condition of individual people to being comfortable and healthy.
Well being is crucial how person feels about different aspect of their life, their job and other
activities and their relationship with others (Gyambrah and Odidja, 2017). Employees well-being
is important part of the organization because if employee is mentally and physically stable at
workplace as result gives high performance at workplace.
Importance of the employees well-being
Well-being of person at workplace is important for the organization, for example if
employees are healthy physically and emotionally as result they have better resources to manage
stress of the client, customers requirements on time. Such kind of atmosphere allows employees
to be more productive and improve positive work environment within company. Well being of
the place improves employees engagement by reducing stress and organizes fruitful working
environment within company (Wolfe, 2018). Different organization keeps different policies for
employees. The main goal of the policies to maintain their well-being within workplace.
Scope of employees well-being
Physical work environment is important for the employees where they offer their services
to company that place should neat, clean and proper sitting arrangement. It encourages

employees to give attendance regular base. If employees doesn't get proper sitting arrangement
and have to coop up in small cubicles for more than eight hours every day, which directly gives
impact on mental and physical well-being. It demotivate employees to work well within
workplace. To improve employee wellness company offers right amount of collaborative space
where employees can make themself be comfortable. Organization offers hygienic work place
which motivates employees to give extra efforts to make their service productive. Physical health
investment is an important part for the employee well-being which supports to improve their
well-being scope in well-formed (Bakker and Demerouti, 2018). For example, if employees
gives majority of their time at job place, so it is manager duty to give first priority of their
employee's health. To keep them healthy, manager takes initiatives which focus on employees'
empowerment. Even manager organizes employees well-being program which includes
educational resources. It motivates employees and their families to spend healthier life and
inspires them to put in their personal health. Well being program maintain employee's wellness
in the company and make them more productive in company.
Mental health investment Mental health is most important part for the person i.e. person
is mentally fit means more active as result gets better outcomes. On the other hand if person is
mentally unhealthy means in stress as result gets negative outcomes, mentally inactive. As same
fact apply on employees mental health within company. To improve mental health of employees,
organization offers communication campaigns which helps employees and their families to keep
health mentally and physically. These program also inspire individual o group of employees to
keep mind creative and proactive for each situation. Employees relationship is essential part for
the organization and it improves employee well-being at workplace where they offer their
services (Kluegel and Smith, 2017). Various organization involves cultural diversity at
workplace which improves productivity of the company. Diverse culture creates conflict while
working with other employees within workplace. The reasons behind these conflicts are
language communication, discrimination, salary issues, policies issues, work pressure etc. To
resolve these conflicts, organization applies various strategy and understand reason of conflicts.
Based on the reason, manager resolves them and builds relationship with them. Manager allows
them direct communication relevant to task issues, salary issues and work pressure. Organization
encourages team work which encourages employees to give the best performance and maintains
their well-being within workplace (Sharma, 2017). Manager focuses employees objectives

which improves their satisfaction in the job and establishes good relation with employees within
company.
Self esteem, confidence are important for person and motivates them to improve working
quality. Money inspires person for short term but recognition inspires them for long term.
Recognition is most important for the employees where they serve their services. Every person
wants where offers services, should get respect. This hypothesis implements on the organization
as well. To maintain employees well-being, manager offers recognition rewards which
appreciate employees to give the best performance in the company. Recognition rewards strategy
supports manager to achieve long term success. Manager invites employee's in decision-making
process, where allows them to keep their opinion about decision (El Akremi and et.al., 2018).
Manager gives them values by listening properly that encourage employees to give honest
performance within workplace. These rewards connect employee's emotionally with the
company. Organization appreciates employees to create creativity which improves their working
efficiency, company services. Creativity of employees enhances customers experience as well.
This recognition rewards are act as well-being of employee's which leads satisfaction in the
employees for the job.
Wellness in economy keeps employees mentally and physical healthy. This factor can be
reason of reducing employees well-being. Financial fitness refers as the available resources of
employees i.e. education, guide, information and advice which supports employees to understand
about money, financial planning and saving money (Hakanen, Peeters and Schaufeli, 2018).
Financial fitness is valuable technique which assists to understand financial health and remove
fear or stress across the task. Organization conducts financial eduction program for the
employees which focuses on employees financial health and make them and confident. Thus,
organization maintains their financial health well-being within workplace.
Health and safety policies are legal prospective which is included into organization
policies. Organization has primary duty to give health safety to employees. Each employee wants
that where they work or offers service that lac should be safe, so that they can work tension free
in the company. Even organization offers healthcare policies which keeps satisfy employees and
their families for the job. These policies also appreciates them to give effective services even
they have to give over time to complete task effectively (Ramirez, 2018). Thus health and safety
policies improves their well-being within workplace.

Organization organizes employees development program which gives significant impact
on employees attitude towards job and company. These program improve employees
productivity and maintains their well-being within company. On the other hand organization
emerges creativity, growth and profitability in the company.
Well being program
Currently various organizations conducts well-being program within company because it
improves employees health behaviour. In simple term well-being program is behaviour change
approach. In the program promotes appropriate education, skills, motivation and social supports
which leads change in people attitudes (Hofmann and Rüsch, 2017). There is a simple concept of
healthy behaviour is that health behaviour leads to lower health risk and lower health risk leads
to less chronic disease. For example a person who has less chronic disease as result health cost
become reduces. Well being program is specially organized to focus on employees and helps
them to adopt healthy behaviour. This program also supports organization to improve employees
productivity and reduces health cost of the employees.
Organization conducts employees well-being schemes like recognition reward, incentives
or bonus rewards to employee. The main goal of the schemes to reduce healthcare costs,
establishes and sustain high employees morales. These schemes also executes effective
recruitment and retention in the company. It enhances productivity of the employees by resolving
their conflicts.
Limitation of the well-being
 Organization conduct employees well-being program for improving well-being of the
employees. These programs are too costly which is not affordable for the small scale
organization.
 Organization offers incentives to employees along with salary which motivates
employees to give the higher performance (Guest, 2017). As result organization gets
high productivity of employee's within workplace. High turnover of the employees
reduces competitive advantage of the company.
 To maintain employees well-being organization offers gym membership, fun exercise
which helps to reduce health issues. Thus type initiatives of employee well-being reduces
their attention in task achievement.
 Well being initiatives requires high maintenance which doesn't possible for the company.

Tesco's attempt at employee well-being initiatives
Tesco Plc is a British multinational groceries company which is famous as general
merchandise retailer. It is headquartered in Welwyn garden, England, UK. Organization offers
worldwide services to customer (Passey and et.al., 2018). 450.000 employee's offers their
services in the company. Organization has goal to enhance brand value ion the company by
improving working efficiency of workers at workplace. To maintain employees well-being
organization takes various initiatives in the company. Initiatives are-
Improve employees engagement: Tesco is multinational company which has main goal
to improve employees well-being in the company. To improve well-being of employees
organization conduct various program which engage them and make them happy with the job.
For example Tesco conduct training and development program which improves their well-being.
The main goal of the program to make them understand how to perform at workplace and how
adopt situation during work pressure (Huang and et.al., 2016). This program leads effectiveness
in employees well-being because they understand how to tackle situation during hostile
condition. Another employees get chance to interact with other employees and collaborates with
them. This initiative improves employees engagement. Tesco's initiatives-
Tesco partner with UK's health charities: To maintain employees well-being
organization collaborates with British health charities. UK's health charities helps organization to
conduct health campaign for addressing employees about health. Charities aware employees how
to keep relax during work pressure. Even charity supports individual employee to resolve their
issues regarding health concern, mind pressure etc. The main goal of the health charities to
manage peoples well-being by offering healthcare services. Tesco gets positive outcomes from
the partnership because they don't have to pay health cost (Tesco partners with UK health
charities to highlight workplace health programme, 2020). Organization gets positive
environment within company. UK's health charities offers trick to keep mind calm and active
which help[s employees to stable their well-being at workplace. UK's health charities supports
organization to develop policies at workplace which gives values to employees. The main aim of
the partnership to appreciate and assist sustainable, measurable changes in the employees
behaviours by using various activities.

Health programs: Tesco organizes health program for the employees which assist
employees to reduces their frustration during work pressure. Organization conduct various
activities in the health programs i.e. mental health awareness workshop and mind-apple courses
which guides staff on stress management (Inceoglu and et.al., 2018). Mind apple courses trains
employees that how to manage concentration. Health workshop develops innovation and enhance
motivation between employees. Thus, initiatives of health programs is quit beneficial for the
employees because they learn how to deal with issues and fix up them within time.
Well being strategies: It is another initiative of the company for managing well-being of
the employees within workplace. Well-being strategies are- health insurance policies,
compensation policies etc. improves employees well-being. For example health insurance
policies offers employees. According to the insurance policies if any employees is unwell and
takes medical treatment in the hospital which is affiliated from company's policies. In that case,
organization will pay whole medical charges on the behalf of employees. This health insurance
policies not only lead satisfaction in the employees but also satisfy their families for the job.
Tesco offers compensation policies for the employees (Ott-Holland, Shepherd and Ryan, 2019).
According to the compensation policies, if employee spends extra time for completing task
during workload as result gets compensation money by the organization. Flexible working hours
also offers by the organization to employees where they can complete task in the home. This
strategy leads positive outcome in the company i.e. first employees completes task on time along
with profitability. Another employees satisfy from the job because they get time to spend with
families. Reward strategy uses by the Tesco which is most effective initiative for employees
well-being. Organization motivates employees by offering incentives or bonus on the basis of
performance. Recognition as reward is provided by the manager to the employees who give more
efforts to improve their performance. Recognition reward appreciates employees to give the
loyal performance at workplace and maintains their well-being within company.
Leadership: Manager takes leadership initiatives for maintaining employees well-being
at the workplace. Manager adapts democratic leadership style which helps manger to understand
employees requirement and expectation with the company (Saroja and Reddy, 2019). Manager
organize training and development classes for the employee's. The main goal of the classes to
improve employee's understanding about task dealing which helps them to tackle hostile
situation and maintain their well-being mentally. Personal development program organizes by

the democratic leader where employee can improve their personality by learning new skills. On
the basis of PDP, manager understands their weakness and strength and helps them to overcome
their weakness through training classes (Barry and Wilkinson, 2016). Democratic leader allows
employees to direct communication with them for salary issues, work issues. Direct
communication reduces ratio of conflict between employees and management. Leader
encourages team working at workplace for maintaining employee's well-being. Above activities
connects employees emotionally with the company and leads satisfaction regarding job. Leader
invites employee's in decision-making process and allows them to keep their suggestion which
leads effectiveness in the decision. Thus, manager gives values to their employees and
establishes good relationship with them.
Improving company culture: Tesco contains team oriented culture of ownership foster
creation, personal growth and empowerment. This culture encourages employees to be creative,
innovative nature and maintains their well-being by appreciating on their efforts. To improve
organization culture, organization applies 360 feedback strategy which analyses about employees
performance, well-being and their activity during task dealing. 360 feedback strategy evaluates
effectiveness of strategy which is applied for the employees' productivity. Tesco gives
transparency in decision-making process and promotion process (Otenyo and Smith, 2017).
Transparency improves employees trust on company and set up their well-being mentally.
Organization organizes cultural program for improving their well-being. Cultural program offers
opportunity to employee to show their talent and gets appreciation from other staff, these
program enhances staff relationship with the management. It is effective initiative of the
organization which maintain employees well-being and leads positive outcome within company.
`These above initiatives takes by the Tesco for enhancing employee well-being within
company and gets high productivity of them within workplace.
Walmart's attempt at employee well-being initiatives
Walmart Inc. is an American Multinational retail company which emerge in chain of
hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores, it is headquartered in Bentonville,
Arkansas, U.S. Organization offers worldwide services to customers. The number of employees
are estimated 2.2 million (England, 2017). The main goal of the organization to lead high
sustainability within company. Organization takes initiatives for influencing well-being of the
employees within workplace. Initiatives are-

Walmart partnership with sharecare : It is effective initiative of the Walmart towards
employees well-being. Sharecare is the digital health company which helps people to manage
their health in one place. The main goal of the company to improve health and well-being of
peoples. Walmart collaborates with the sharecare for introducing wellness strategies, that
improves health of the staff at workplace (Otenyo and Smith, 2017). Sharecare conduct health
programs in the company and encourage employees to give their high productivity along with
their families. Organization improves overall well-being of the employees through the wellness
programs. Even sharecare offers addition tool to company which can support to change
employees wellness journey. Sharecare offers own sharecare app facilities to employees.
Sharecare app provide individual employee along with timely and actionable step for enhancing
their health at workplace. Organization gives trick to employee for maintaining their well-being
at workplace during stress. Thus, Walmart maintains employees well-being within company.
Employee empowerment: It is second initiative of the Walmart for improving
employees well-being. To empower employee's organization takes few initiatives i.e. to raise
starting salary from $9 to $11 per hour (Walmart Just Made a Huge Announcement That Will
Completely Change How You Think About Walmart, 2020.). It improves employees
productivity within workplace and set up their financial well-being. Walmart expands maternity
and parental leave benefits to employee that influences satisfaction from the job. Organization
offers two to six week training programs for supporting employees to learn new skills. These
training programs improves employee's well-being within company. Emotional intelligence
classes also organize by the Walmart for making them emotionally strong during decision-
making. These initiatives empower employees and improves their well-being within company.
Work Schedule: Walmart applies work schedule initiative for empowering employees.
This initiative has goal to improve employees well-being and achieve large number of task
within company (Inceoglu and et.al., 2018). Walmart permits employees or workers to meet their
work schedule across home life. Workforce management plays vital role in the company for
creating schedule which is accommodated for both employee needs and organization
preferences. In this strategy, manager allows employees to set up their own work schedule, as
result gets improvement in ROI ( return on investment). Employees satisfy from their job profile
and shows their loyalty by achieving large number of task.

Employees engagement : To influence employee engagement organization conduct skill
and development program which is another initiative of employee well-being. Skills and
development program supports employees to learn new skills and improves their skills. These
program helps manager to know employees weakness and strength (Barry and Wilkinson, 2016).
By the score balance sheet aware employees about their performance within workplace after
program. Trainer supports employees to overcome their weakness. Such kind program motivates
employee to improve their performance and deals with stress condition. Walmart takes feedback
individual employee about decision and gives values by listening properly. It encourages
employees to be loyal with their performance within workplace.
These above initiatives take by the Walmart for improving employees well-being within
workplace and employee well-being leads high profitability within company.
CONCLUSION
This report can be concluded definition of employees well-being, it's scope, nature and
their limits in general practices. It has been summarized organization initiatives i.e. employees
engagement, improve organization culture, leadership, partnership with health charities, well-
being strategies etc. for improving employees within company. Another organization initiatives
i.e. employee empowerment, work schedule and employee engagement can be concluded in the
report.

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