Healthy employees equal more productive employees

When dealing with the day to day operations of your business, a high level of productivity is crucial. Productive employees can meet deadlines, finish projects in a timely manner, and do high quality work.

Believe it or not, your employee's health may affect their productivity more than you realize.

There are a number of reasons for this, including:

• Absenteeism is increased. Obviously, when employees have to take time off of work because they are sick, need to go to the doctor, or need to take time off to recover from hospital visits, productivity will suffer. Each employee has specific jobs to take care of, and when they are unable to be in the office working, these jobs will take longer, deadlines will be missed, and quality will be compromised because of a tendency to rush and finish things.


• Leads to confusion. Productivity can be affected when managers or other higher-ups within the company have poor health and are gone frequently as well. Those who report to them may have to seek answers to their questions elsewhere, or put projects on hold until their manager gets back to work. Sometimes, this can lead to confusion if direction isn't clear and projects may need to be redone.


• Productivity is related to quality of work. Employees who are unhealthy or frequently not feeling well are more likely to be distracted or not up to working, even while at work. When machinery or other equipment is involved, this could be dangerous and even result in lawsuits. Employees working on long-term projects who are in the office intermittently may not provide work that is as high quality as someone who is there frequently.


• Increased distractions. Employee's mental health also affects productivity. Employees who are dealing with divorce or marital problems, financial issues, depression, or other mental issues that you can't necessarily have trouble focusing on the tasks at hand. Not only that, but it can also cause them to miss work as well, leaving projects unfinished. These distractions can mean lowered productivity.

But you can reverse this by encouraging health in your employees. Healthy employees equal more productive employees. The following are a few ways you can do to encourage health in your employees:

• Encourage exercise. Exercise and weight management makes a huge impact on the health of employees. In fact, employees who exercise regularly are absent from work an average of 2 days per year, compared to a little over 3 days for people who don't exercise, according to the American Sports Data. You can encourage exercise by starting challenges, like the Biggest Loser or starting sports teams within the office. This is a great way to get everyone involved in exercising and becoming healthier.
• Talk to your insurance provider. Health insurance providers often provide wellness fairs and other programs to encourage healthy employees for a lower fee. This can be a great way for employees to find out their body fat, cholesterol, healthy eating tips, and general health tips.

Healthy employees equal more productive employees, for a number of reasons. They are at work more often, their work is better quality, and they are not distracted by illness or distractions such as stress or family problems.

Better productivity can be achieved through encouraging health in employees, and there are many different ways you can help achieve health.

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