Workplace Health
Workplace health is public health. Healthy employees:
- have better quality of life,
- benefit from having a lower risk of disease, illness, and injury,
- have increased work productivity and,
- are more likely to contribute to their communities.
Workplace health also benefits companies.
- Overall, employees who do NOT smoke take fewer sick days.
- Supporting nursing moms at work can lower healthcare costs.
- Workers in recovery help employers avoid $4,088 in turnover and replacement costs.
Get Started!
Look to the Somerset Public Health team for support!
- Tobacco
- Explore the Tobacco-Free Workplace Toolkit
- Contact Annie for support
- Breastfeeding
- Share the Breastfeeding Return to Work Toolkit with your employees
- Contact Alanna for support
- Recovery-Friendly
- Learn more about Recovery-Friendly Workplaces
- Contact Shaleigh for support