Employees like bosses who offer wellbeing programmes
Thursday, 25th June 2009
There is still some way to go before health and wellbeing policies are universally offered to staff, according to HR magazine/Harris Interactive`s poll: 61% said nothing was offered them at all, 5% said it was only available to higher levels of staff.
Only 23% of employees said they could access health schemes such as health screening, nutritional advice and gym membership. The majority, however, want their bosses to be more involved in looking after their wellbeing, with just 7% saying they should play no part at all. Overall, 59% said they would look more favourably towards their employer if healthcare and wellbeing programmes were on offer, with females more likely to say this than males (61% vs 57%).
Which of the following statements best describes your view on the level of involvement employers should take in looking after the health and wellbeing of their employees?
- Employers should play a minor role 24%
- Employers should play no part 7%
- Not sure 9%
- Employers should play an active role 38%
- Employers should play a full and active role 22%
Fieldwork dates: 13th - 18th May 2009; interview method: Questions were online, via the Harris Interactive online panel. Sample size was 1,233. Harris Interactive is a member of the British Polling council.
(Information sourced from HRmagazine.co.uk)
Keywords: wellbeing, programmes, employees, like
