Health & Well-being business benefits
How employee health and well-being affects your business
You don't need us to tell you that employee sickness costs you money. But there's also the cost and disruption if, as we all do from time to time, people have health worries, feel unsupported or simply find the pace of modern living saps their energy. It's proven that when people take positive steps to improve their health their productivity can improve, and sickness and absence can be reduced. According to statistics:
- People in 'good' health are up to 20% more productive than those in 'poor' health*
- Workplace absence stands at 8 days per employee, costing the average employer £666 per employee per year**
Sources
*Boles M, Pelletier B, Lynch W. The relationship between health risks and work productivity. J Occup Environ Med 2004: vol 46(7); pages 737-745.
**CIPD annual absence management survey 2008.
So it's clear that supporting your employees' health and well-being could pay dividends all round.
Privacy and confidentiality
Privacy and security are taken very seriously by vielife and Standard Life. Both companies are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. We respect an individual's right to privacy and understand that they need to be in control of their personal information. An individual may remove or alter their personal details directly on the site. Personal details will not be disclosed by vielife to third parties, including their employer or Standard Life, without the individual's explicit consent.
Security ensures that any sensitive information provided to the site is transmitted and stored in a safe and protected way. The Health and Well-being service offers a secure online environment in which an individual can safely give personal information and view content. vielife has externally hosted security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the information provided. This information is stored securely on servers separate from vielife's and Standard Life's web site servers.
How the Health & Well-being service works
The Health & Well-being service is an online service that provides health assessments, articles, tips and advice, all medically validated and made available in complete confidence. Once they have logged in, your employees and insured members of their family (if they are aged over 18) will be able to establish their current health and well-being status and take positive steps to improve it. They'll get the information they need to help them plan and see improvements.
