Wellbeing and its Benefits in the Workplace

This essay discusses the importance of wellbeing in the workplace and how it can benefit professionals and organizations. It explores the ways in which wellbeing can enhance mental health and reduce work-related pressure. The essay also highlights the benefits of implementing wellbeing programs in the workplace.

RESEARCH ON
WELLBEING

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

TOPIC
Well-being can benefit professionals in the workplace and organisations
INTRODUCTION
Wellbeing can be defied as state of being comfortable, healthy and happy. Wellbeing of
an individual is extremely important to be focused upon as it helps in leading a high- quality
healthy lifestyle (Lelliott and et. al., 2008). Wellbeing help in ensuring that an individual is
mentally and physically healthy. Wellbeing can help an organization in ensuring that their
employees are physically and mentally healthy and are enjoying their job which eventually help
in enhancement of efficiency at workplace. This essay will lay emphasis upon importance of
wellbeing and ways in which it can benefit professionals in the workplace and organisations.
MAIN BODY
Overview of wellbeing and its importance
Wellness or wellbeing is one of the most important and fundamental factors of health that
helps an individual to enhance and maintain their high quality of life and provide them strength
and motivation so that they can overcome any kind of difficulties and achieve what they want in
life. Wellbeing plays a vital and important role within an individual’s life. Personal wellbeing of
a person is directly related to their learning capacity. It can help a person in resolving different
range of learning problem, mental health related problems which eventually would have helped
in develop interest of individual in learning. It further helps a person in enhancing their social
life, participate in group or social activities actively. According to Hodgins, Fleming and
Griffiths, (2016) if a person focuses upon remaining healthy and maintaining their wellbeing
then it can help them in tackling with stress, anxiety, emotional trauma etc.
Wellbeing importance at workplace
At workplace wellbeing plays a vital and important role. First and the foremost thing, it
helps in maintaining a positive working environment and help employees in working actively. It
is important for organizations to focus upon maintaining wellbeing of employees because it
directly helps in enhancing overall performance of employees, efforts put by employees in
achieving targeted goas and objectives also increases. Wellbeing at workplace is more than just
ill- health of employees, it is about optimizing overall health of employees both physically and
mentally. Some of the most important factors due to which wellbeing at workplace becomes
important are: it helps in reducing absenteeism and overall healthcare coast of employees. In
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many organizations’ wellbeing programs have been proved fruitful and cost effective for
employees. Another factor due to which its importance in organization increases is because it
helps in increasing overall engagement of employees at workplace (Lelliott and et. al., 2008). It
has been observed though various research that wellbeing has helped organizations in enhancing
overall motivational level and morale of employees. Increased engagement eventually helps in
increasing overall productivity of employees i.e. employees tend to complete their work within
defied time period, can achieve desired goals and objectives in an appropriate manner.
Ways in which Wellbeing can enhance mental health of employees at workplace
Ways by which mental health of employees at workplace can be improved are, to keep
conversation going means that provide employees healthy and safe environment so that they can
work properly and they will be motivated to work efficiently. There are multiple opportunities
available for employees to improve their mental health at workplace. It include all level of staff
means that managers should take care of all employees and take steps for well being of workers
and give importance to enhance mental health of employees at workplace. Managers in an
organization encourage employees to take mental health days off, it means that if workers are not
feeling well then they should be given break or holiday so that they can take rest (Aryan and
Kathuria, 2017). It is responsibility of managers to take care of employees health and motivate
them to work effectively.
Managers should pay attention towards well being of workers and always be ready to
help them. For an organization it is important that all employees stay safe and healthy as it will
help in building good image in market. Managers should treat workers like family member and
ask them if they are alright or not, they want anything or they need any help from them. If
employees will not stay healthy then how organizational goals will be achieved. Prioritize
confidentiality in an organization because sometimes employees feel uncomfortable in sharing
their problem in front of other members. Managers should assure employees that they can share
their problem privately and that information will be confidential. This will help in creating good
environment at the workplace (Hulls and et.al., 2020). Managers should make plans or strategies
in such a way that it helps in creating healthy culture in organization. It has been noticed that
employees work efficiently, productivity increases when employees get good working
environment and it also helps in engaging more workers because they feel comfortable.
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Ways in which wellbeing programs can reduce work related pressure of employees
Wellbeing programs includes investing time and money in reducing work related
pressure of employees and support physical and mental health of workers. Various plans or
strategies can be made by managers to improve health of workers and they should feel relax.
Wellbeing programs that can reduce work related pressure of employees are, on- site fitness
centres means managers should arrange some fitness programs that will employees in reducing
their stress. Workers are giving their best to accomplish goals and objectives of organization,
they need some rest or they should do exercise for their wellbeing (Smith and Smith, 2017). It is
important to take care of health of employees because if they are not well then it is not possible
to achieve targets. Yoga classes should be provided to employees so that they feel fresh and
comfortable while working and this will help in increasing their confidence and morale.
They will work efficiently so that goals can be achieved. Employees assistance programs
must be provided so that pressure of workers can be reduced. Wellbeing programs are helpful in
reducing stress of employees because these help workers to feel comfortable and feel fresh for
sometime. During work some short breaks should be given to employees so that they can take
rest for some time and then again do their work with full efficiency (Rajput and Talan, 2017).
Lunch and healthy snacks can be provided by company to employees so that they can stay fit and
safe. It is important to maintain healthy environment at workplace because it helps in increasing
productivity of organization, builds good image in the market, satisfy employees and boost their
confidence (Brooks and et.al., 2019). If good working environment is provided to workers then
they feel motivated and give their best in accomplishing goals and objectives.
Benefits of wellbeing programs at workplace
Benefits of wellbeing programs at workplace are, it helps in improving morale of
employees because they will feel motivated and feel fresh. Wellbeing programs will help in
better teamwork and social networks, if workers attend programs then employees will understand
the importance of doing work in team. At time of work load task is given in groups so that it can
be completed on time, so employees should learn how to achieve goals of organization by
working on a team. In an organization it is important that employees should interact with each
other so that they can know about choice of each other (Janjhua and et.al., 2020). Wellbeing
program help in increasing productivity of company as well as of employees because workers are
given training and programs help them in staying healthy physically and mentally. If employees
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will be given all necessary facility then it will reduce absenteeism and employees will like to
come regularly. It is essential to take care of health and safety of employees because they are
working source for organization and if they are not fit then goals and objectives of company
cannot be achieved.
Wellbeing programs help in providing higher job satisfaction, which means that workers
will feel safe and be satisfied by organization as many facilities are being provided. Wellbeing
programs are arranged for benefit of employees and to improve their health, it helps in increasing
employee engagement because workers will like the programs that are arranged by managers for
their safety (Maulik, 2017). They will feel good and satisfied because managers are taking steps
for their health improvement. It is essential to take correct actions so that employees feel
motivated and get good working environment so that they can give their best. All employees are
being treated equally and it is important to arrange wellbeing programs for employees. This will
help in building good image in the market (Celma and et.al., 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be summarised that, in an organization wellbeing of
employees is important. Wellbeing programs like yoga classes, proper lunch breaks etc. that can
be used in an organization had been discussed. Importance of well being programs at the
workplace had been described. Different ways of wellbeing that can enhance mental health of
employee had been described. Significance of wellbeing at workplace has been described in
above discussion. Further more, ways of wellbeing programs are discussed which help in
reducing work related stress or pressure of employees.
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