Workplace Wellness

Did you know over 15 million Canadians spend approximately half of their waking hours at work? (Health Canada 2001) Research shows that employees in safe, healthy and more supportive workplaces help businesses keep a competitive edge. (Health Canada 2007) It makes business sense to promote health in the workplace and it can be simple and inexpensive.

By initiating or enhancing a wellness program in your workplace, you are taking care of your most important resource – you and your employees. A Comprehensive Workplace Wellness Program focuses on meeting the needs of your employees through a variety of activities. York Region Community and Health Services offer consultation and many resources to help you put together a personalized comprehensive program for your company. For more information on creating a Business Case to support comprehensive workplace health programs investigate the resources at The Health Communication Unit.

Services

We provide consultative and support services on starting, implementing and sustaining a comprehensive workplace wellness program. The York Region Workplace Wellness Program is funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Regional Municipality of York. Our team consists of public health nurses, nutritionists, inspectors, health educators, and dental professionals who provide a variety of comprehensive health programs at NO cost to York Region workplaces.

The Workplace Wellness Newsletters and Email offer current health information and ideas for comprehensive workplace health programming.

Education Services provide programming and resources on a variety of topics.

The Workplace Wellness Conference and Networking Meetings offer current resources, research findings, best practices and networking opportunities for the York Region business community.

Printable resources and links to other government or workplace health promotion websites are available in our Resource section.

To get started, check out our Comprehensive Workplace Health Model. Remember you can always consult with one of our public health nurses for more information.

A healthy workplace is a great investment!

For more information, please contact
York Region Health Connection at 1-800-361-5653, TTY 1-866-2552-9933
or by email to workplace.wellness@york.ca