Talk, Listen, Change Webinar: Employee Wellness in Luton

Employee Wellbeing

1. Reduced number of sickness absence days
2. Increased number from long term sick to return to work via Occupational Health
3. Increased number of completed annual Check-Ins / Appraisals
4. Maintaining health promotion and education messaging to help reduce sickness levels
5. Improving mental wellbeing among staff
6. Improving communication of employee wellness officers to all staff

Linked to Wider Determinants, Marmot and a Health Equity Town (BESH):

Fair Employment is considered a wider determinant of health, which supports increased life expectancy and increased number of years of healthy life.

• Creating fair employment and good work for all

Working age residents of Luton to have the skills and opportunities to access to good quality work locally

• Reduction of young people not in employment, education or training

• Reduction of adult unemployment
• Increased adults earning a Real Living Wage

• Reduction of adult sickness absence rates
• Increased adults with long term conditions / disability who are economically active

Actions and interventions that can be undertaken / signposting

• Emotional and Mental Health support, talking therapies, Stress policies
• Musculoskeletal and physical activity support, Physio offer, walking in nature, low impact exercises
• Healthy Weight, Addictions, health checks, MECC, Smoking cessation, Menopause etc
• Role of the team, manager, 1:1s

Host or Publisher Luton Council Public Health