When it comes to employee health, it is rarely one-size-fits-all. That is why a holistic approach to workplace health is needed to fully understand all the health risks employees face. A corporate health checkup goes a step beyond physical and mental wellbeing tests. It is a comprehensive test that looks into how the environment affects employees and executives as well, from office ergonomics to lifestyle and diet.

Corporate health screenings have a wide range of benefits. For corporate businesses, these checkups are a form of preventative healthcare that aims to identify illnesses early on, to the benefit of the employees, while mitigating any extended impact to business operations.

Essential Components of a Corporate Health Screening

Corporate health screenings can be many things; physical health assessments, mental health screenings, lifestyle evaluations, or ergonomic audits. Done together or separate, they can help vastly improve employees’ health and have massive impacts on productivity, morale, job satisfaction, and business reputation.

Physical Health Assessments

Research has proven a direct link between poor health and productivity in employees with existing health conditions. Especially when employees develop chronic illnesses, these can limit their ability to fully participate in the workforce. When an employee discloses health issues, this can put stress on an employer and their employee with regards to navigating absenteeism related to any health issues.

On-site physical health assessments such as vital signs, laboratory blood tests, skin checks, and vision and hearing tests all work to identify leading illnesses like skin cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes in the corporate workforce. Not only that, but physical health assessments offer employees information about how to prevent these illnesses and lead healthier lives.

Mental Health Screenings

Of all Australians between 18 to 85 years, 3.3 million suffer with debilitating anxiety. Of people in that same age bracket, 42.9% have experienced a mental disorder at some time in their lives. According to the World Health Organisation, mental wellbeing is described as how an individual can manage normal stress, work productively, and still contribute to their community.

Mental health is known to majorly affect a person’s ability to work effectively, so it is important to ensure employees are properly looked after and supported for both their wellbeing and the wellbeing of the workplace. Introducing mental health screenings are a great way to ensure employees are looked after and can begin to find the support they need.

Lifestyle Evaluations

Corporate and office jobs are renowned for being sedentary, so incorporating exercise into the everyday is important. Lack of physical activity is the leading cause of health risks such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and cancers like breast and colon cancer. Improper diet is also known to affect employees’ work productivity. Those who have bad eating habits are 66% less productive than those with healthy eating habits,

Lifestyle evaluations and effectively introduce important lifestyle changes like diet and exercise into predominantly sedentary corporate workplaces. Proper exercise not only improves cardiovascular health, there is also enhanced oxygen flow and metabolism which help improve mental capacity like memory and attention spans. Add in a guideline for employees eating a proper healthy diet that improves cognitive performance, and businesses will have a much more productive workplace.

Ergonomic Assessments

Interestingly, office ergonomics have a large impact on workplace health and safety. A working environment has massive impacts on employees’ physical and mental health. Workplace musculoskeletal disorders make up for over half of workers compensation claims in Australia, with Safe Work Australia identifying uncomfortable working conditions as a cause of mental stress in the workplace. Lower back issues, a sore or uncomfortable shoulder, and a stiff neck are all a sign of potentially poor office ergonomic setups.

Bringing in a company to do a workplace ergonomic assessment is a great way to mitigate these issues and improve your employees health. When office ergonomics reduce employee pain and discomfort, they are much more likely to become engaged and productive. An ergonomic workplace helps decrease pain, strengthen muscles, and increase blood flow, meaning healthy and pain-free workers who experience fewer work-related injuries long-term.

How Businesses Benefit from Corporate Health Screenings

An employee’s health has been proven to directly impact productivity and absenteeism. Those who have poor health are nine times more likely to take a sick day often compared to those who lead a healthy lifestyle. This leads to extremely high costs to businesses, absenteeism impacting payroll expenditures anywhere between estimated 7% to 8%. On the other hand, those who have a higher level of health are nearly 3 times more productive than unhealthy individuals.

When businesses show they care about employees by introducing annual corporate health screenings, boosting morale and showing employees that they are cared about and valued. Employees have a higher level of engagement, loyalty, and job satisfaction when they know they are valued. They will often speak much more highly of their employer, directly impacting the businesses reputation as well.

Additionally, reduced employee illness and absenteeism leads to reduced medical claims, which means lower insurance premiums for businesses. Regular health checkups help businesses get lower group health insurance and workers’ compensation premiums.

Why BizHealth Should be your Go-To for Corporate Healthcare Screening

Choosing the right provider for your corporate health screening is important to make sure you target all the important areas mentioned above for optimised workplace health and wellbeing.

At BizHealth, we take corporate employee health incredibly seriously. Our skilled team of healthcare professionals work hard to ensure businesses have fit and healthy employees to not only boost their personal sense of wellbeing, but also benefit their employers through improved productivity and engagement.

Our services are fully confidential and help to identify different health conditions like skin cancer, diabetes and heart disease, and also provide assessments to improve office ergonomics. We have a wide range of services that businesses can tailor-make their workplace health and wellbeing programs, so contact BizHealth for a consultation today and we can work together to improve your workplace health.