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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Flexibility in workplace boosts employee health--study Study: Making employees happy. According to a study done by the Durham University in England, flexibility and control of working hours and work practices was beneficial to employees’ mental and physical health, resulting in higher productivity. Approximately 16 000 employees were involved in the study. The purpose of was to discover how employers can save on medical expenses. The study also found that employers who motivate or try to dictate work schedules do not affect employees in a positive manner. The higher the flexibility in work schedules for employees the higher the ability to have healthy workplaces and work practices. Posted by: suhujitha on 2010-02-19 22:22:22 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Telus FAQ slip up: cranky employee or poor choice of placeholder copy? 2010-07-30 15:04:47 Other posts tagged workplace wellness, healthy workplaces, medical expenses, flexibility, work practices, work schedules: · [Employers offer concessions as workplace demands escalate: Survey] · [Flexibility attractive to workers] · [VIDEO: Professor Philip Zimbardo discusses his newest book, The Time Paradox] · [Work stress can raise womens heart disease risk] · [Downside of Sitting on Our Backsides] · [Music at Work: Does it Work?] · [New Report Address Work-Life Conflict Across Income Levels] · [It is official: Workplace interferes with personal life] · [Fitness in Canada has declined: study] · [Workplace stress costs 28.3 billion a year in the United Kingdom.] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts: Telus FAQ slip up: cranky employee or poor choice of placeholder copy? Techvibes has four theories on what went wrong on the Telus FAQ fiasco Posted by: danica on 2010-07-30 15:04:47 Odds of death by drugs, alcohol, or sexual habits can be predicted by your job What you do for a living may shed light on how you will die Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-28 18:37:50 Alberta uses "immoral" incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers, says AFL Alberta WCB pays bonuses - averaging $5,600 a year - to staff who help the board reduce premiums. It also has highest workplace fatality rate. Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-25 20:23:37 American Cancer Society study also links sit-time to increased risk of death Yet another set of negative health outcomes that result from a sedentary lifestyle (see the blog tags at the end for more). Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-23 11:52:54 Employees with low literacy skills put selves, co-workers, and public at risk Conference Board of Canada publishes results of two-year survey that shows improving literacy can literally save lives in the workplace Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-23 00:01:41 \| Share: \| more	Social Tools: Visit our workplace wellness blog on Wellergize.ca for the latest industry trends, information, and some interesting timely tidbits. Connect with us: Wellergize Latest Tweet: wellergize: British study finds that your job could predict how you die: http://naturalhealthcare.ca/v/?32867 #workplace - 6:41pm July 28, 2010 + More Recent Tweets: Our twitter feed is brand-spanking new! You can follow us or contact us here: @Wellergize. We'll tweet and retweet events, blog post topics, and relevant news. wellergize: Alberta- w/Canada's highest #workplace fatalities- WCB pays avg bonus of $5,600/a to staff who reduce premiums http://cot.ag/bUT5kU - 9:05am July 26, 2010 wellergize: US Cancer Soc. chimes in with another new study on the deadly "sitting factor" - http://cot.ag/cMABBw #workplace - 11:56am July 23, 2010 Powered by (a variation of) TwitterZoid Who has used Wellergize Products and Services? Suncor, for one. Ask us how we can help your organization. Contacting us: In Toronto and Area call 647.723.6381 or call 1.866.395.8904 toll-free. Dial answer group (ext) 4. You can also use the form on the Contact Us page to request information on specific workplace wellness topics.
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