health behaviours and work – Health Continuum

Healthy work environments

This post is the last in a series on health at work. Some workplaces offer incentives to promote health behaviours. Discounts on gym memberships or cash rewards for healthy eating can promote better health, decrease absenteeism and control costs. Financial incentives are great. However, healthy habits can also improve without incentives. When people work in health promoting environments and […]

Stress Management

Keeping healthy at work

This post is the first in a series on health at work. Working adults spend more waking hours at their place of work than anywhere else. Not surprisingly, stress levels are on the rise. When people struggle to maintain a work-life balance, managers become concerned that their employees may be burning out. When work production suffers, […]