Half day open training event held in Toronto, Ontario

1. Workplace health & wellness
by Toronto Training and HR
October 2014
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2. CONTENTS
3-4 Introduction
5-6 Definitions
7-8 Influences on health
9-11 Costs of health
12-13 Reducing absence
14-15 Wellness networks
16-17 Chronic condition management programs
18-22 Services offered by occupational health providers
23-26 Making occupational health effective
27-28 Controlling hypertension
29-32 Sleep
33-39 Weight loss
40-42 Types of wellness initiative
43-45 Putting together a wellness initiative
46-47 Communicating wellness initiatives
48-49 Maximizing the results of wellness initiatives
50-51 Conclusion, summary and questions
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3. Introduction
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4. Introduction to Toronto Training
and HR
Toronto Training and HR is a specialist training and
human resources consultancy headed by Timothy Holden
10 years in banking
15 years in training and human resources
Freelance practitioner since 2006
The core services provided by Toronto Training and HR
are:
Training event design
Training event delivery
HR support with an emphasis on reducing
costs, saving time plus improving employee
engagement and morale
Services for job seekers
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5. Definitions
5

6. • Health
• Wellness
• Obese and obesity
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Definitions

7. Influences on health
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8. • Policy
• Community
• Social network
• Individual
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Influences on
health

9. Costs of health
9

10. • Direct healthcare costs
• Absenteeism
• Presenteeism
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Costs of health
1 of 2

11. • Return-on-investment
• Value-on-investment
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Costs of health
2 of 2

12. Reducing absence
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13. • Identifying common
hazards and reducing
or eliminating them
• Monitoring absence and
identifying trends
• Carrying out workplace
surveys to identify
sources of ill health and
reducing these
• Educating employees
about a healthier
lifestyle
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Reducing
absence

14. Wellness networks
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15. • Definition
• What might be included
in a successful wellness
network
• Designing a wellness
network aligned to the
relevant culture and
environment
• On-site activities
• Questions to address
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Wellness
networks

16. Chronic condition
management programs
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17. • Data acquisition
• Identification and
stratification
• Enrolment
• Engagement
• Reporting and analytics
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Chronic
condition
management
programs

18. Services offered by
occupational health
providers
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19. • Implementing policy
• Ensuring compliance
with health and safety
regulations
• Minimizing and
eliminating hazards
• Dealing with cases of
drug and alcohol abuse,
and advising on
HIV/AIDS issues
• Offering pre-employment
health
assessment 19
Services offered
by occupational
health providers
1 of 4

20. • Maintaining relations
with appropriate bodies
and individuals
• Monitoring the health of
employees after an
accident, illness and
during and after
pregnancy
• Managing clinic
facilities, basic health
checks and first aid
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Services offered
by occupational
health providers
2 of 4

21. • Advising on medical
severance and ill-health
retirement
• Advising on ergonomic
issues and workplace
design
• Promoting good health
education programs
• Promoting healthy
eating
• Monitoring symptoms of
work-related stress
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Services offered
by occupational
health providers
3 of 4

22. • Providing advice and
counselling
• Working with special
needs groups
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Services offered
by occupational
health providers
4 of 4

23. Making occupational
health effective
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24. • Develop a mission
statement to
communicate the
initiative – why, what and
how
• Conduct an audit to
establish the existing
position, if possible in
numerical and financial
terms
• Benchmark against
organizations in the local
area, similar sector and
nationally 24
Making
occupational
health effective
1 of 3

25. • Plan the way forward –
what improvements are
needed, what needs to
be developed, what are
the priorities, how will
success be measured
• Establish objectives and
targets relating to
business needs
• Develop a strategy to
achieve the objectives
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Making
occupational
health effective
2 of 3

26. • Determine resources
and assign
responsibilities
• Communicate to
employees through
group briefings, email,
intranet, internal
newsletters etc.
• Review and monitor
progress regularly
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Making
occupational
health effective
3 of 3

27. Controlling hypertension
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28. • Risk stratification
• Focus on high-risk
locations
• Wider wellness
efforts
• Health coaches
and doctor
referrals
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Controlling
hypertension

29. Sleep
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30. • Deep sleep
• Physical outcomes of
sleep loss
• Mental outcomes of
sleep loss
• Emotional outcomes of
sleep loss
• Benefits of addressing
employee sleep
deprivation
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Sleep 1 of 3

31. ORGANIZATIONS
• Provide facilities and
services
• Provide education
• Policies and
procedures
• Operational
considerations
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Sleep 2 of 3

32. INDIVIDUALS
• Wind-down before bed
• Turn off the phone and
IPad then leave them
downstairs
• Exercise in the morning, not
before bed
• Avoid caffeine in the
afternoon
• Too much alcohol can be a
problem
• Napping helps you to
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recharge
Sleep 3 of 3

33. Weight loss
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34. Reasons to care
• Skyrocketing
healthcare costs
• Employee
productivity
• Sickness absence
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Weight loss
1 of 6

35. How many times more
likely are overweight
employees?
• More likely to be
absent
• Less productive
• Higher healthcare
costs
• Number of workers’
claims
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Weight loss
2 of 6

36. How many times more
likely are overweight
employees (cont.)?
• Amount of workers’
claim
• More likely to have
difficultly getting
along with co-workers
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Weight loss
3 of 6

37. • Body mass index
(BMI)
• Jobs most likely to
result in weight gain
• Lunches
• Drivers of workplace
weight loss success
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Weight loss
4 of 6

38. Key conclusions
• High level of physical
activity
• Limited television
viewing
• High level of
mindfulness
• Weigh self frequently
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Weight loss
5 of 6

39. Key conclusions (cont.)
• Maintain dietary
consistency
• Consume a low-calorie,
low-fat diet
• Eat breakfast
• Healthy choices over
food
• Walk whenever you
can
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Weight loss
6 of 6

40. Types of wellness
initiative
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41. • Work-life balance or
stress management
• Wellness coaching
• Weight management
• Walking programs
• Tobacco-cessation
programs
• Personal/group training
• On-site recreation
• On-site fitness facility or
gym access
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Types of
wellness
initiative 1 of 2

42. • Health screenings
• Off-site gym
membership
• Group fitness classes
• Cooking classes/access
to healthy recipes
• Better options in the
cafeteria and/or
vending machines
• Back plan preventions
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Types of
wellness
initiative 2 of 2

43. Putting together a
wellness initiative
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44. • Make it global
• Create a flexible
framework
• Demonstrate top-down
commitment
• Complicated is not
always better
• Leverage data
• Go beyond traditional
solutions
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Putting together
a wellness
initiative 1 of 2

45. • Consider various
communication
methods
• Gather data around
employee priorities
• Invite employees to
make suggestions
• Gather data about
levels of satisfaction
with health & wellbeing
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Putting together
a wellness
initiative 2 of 2

46. Communicating wellness
initiatives
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47. • Educational
• Motivational
• Personalized
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Communicating
wellness
initiatives

48. Maximizing the results of
wellness initiatives
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49. • Make it evidence-based
• Fit the organizational
culture
• Comprehensive
programming
• Target the high-risk
• Keep the healthy,
healthy
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Maximizing the
results of
wellness
initiatives

50. Conclusion, summary and
questions
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51. Conclusion, summary and
questions
Conclusion
Summary
Videos
Questions
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