Health & Wellbeing

In 1986, the World Health Organization stated that health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life: where they learn, work, play and love.

In recent years actions to promote health and wellbeing have moved away from concentrating on specific health problems, at risk groups and disease prevention to addressing the multitude of complex factors that determine an individual's health status.

Our lives are lived in our community, the place where we work, the schools and colleges we attend and the places in which we enjoy our leisure time. It is in these settings that actions need to be taken to protect and improve our health and the health of those around us.

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion states that:

"The workplace is considered to be an important setting for health promotion activity for the following reasons:

• Structures already exist within the workplace for occupational health and health and safety requirements. These can be easily used to deliver health promotion activities.
• The workplace offers enormous potential to reach large numbers of people with information and assistance to improve their health and wellbeing. Some of these people are in groups that are otherwise hard to reach.
• It is in the common interest of employers and employees to promote health at work.
• Forward thinking organisations recognise that the management of their human capital is as important, if not more so, than the management of their financial and other resources. Employee health and Fitness for Work are closely linked and are key factors in any organisations drive towards greater effectiveness, competitiveness and productivity"

Jemena believes that our employee's general health and wellbeing should be enhanced during their time with the company. At Jemena we promote the following events to increase awareness on a range of issues and encourage employees to take responsibility for their own health & wellbeing

• Annual Health & Safety Expos
• Corporate Challenge and Sports Event Participation
• Annual Flu vaccinations
• Topic of the Month & Promotional activities
• Executive Health Programs