Section 8

Employee Wellbeing

"the organisation provides for the health, safety and wellbeing of all its people in a fair and non–discriminatory manner"

In addition to health and safety compliance, more companies are now focusing on promoting staff wellbeing as a means of reducing absence and boosting producutivity.  Organisations are recognising that systems and processes that maintain staff motovation pay dividends.  There are considerable advantages in having effective employee engagement and employee wellbeing systems and processes in place in the pursuit of business excellence.

Using the Excellence Through People process will help and support an organisation to:

• Manage its responsibility for health, safety and wellbeing;
• Inform itself on legislative conformance;
• Understand the importance of equality in the workplace;
• Achieve employee feedback;
• Produce effective policies on equal opportunities, employee wellbeing and people with disabilities;
• Highlight the links between employee wellbeing, equality and the business impact;
• Promote positive attitudes towords people with disibilities.

ExcellenceThrough People organisations are committed to:

• Complying with Health & Safety and the requirements of all employee legislation;
• Approaching diversity from the viewpoint of valuing differences and creating a culture of trust and respect;
• Ensuring the relevant policies and procedures are reviewed in line with changing HRM practices;
• Enabling employees to be at their best, motivated and committed to their work.