Work Therapy
What is work therapy and how might this benefit our office?
Work therapy usually refers to having a therapist visit your place of work to provide on-site treatments to the staff. This type of benefit is often paid for by the company and has the benefit of bringing a range of treatments to the employees which makes it more time and cost efficient than each of the workers making a separate trip of their own.
Some of the benefits of therapy at work include:
- You can reduce stress related illness and absenteeism
- Can improve employee morale, motivation and engagement
- It can help enhance the company’s brand and reputation as an employer
- Help increase staff retention which can lead to lower training & recruitment costs
- Reduces the company’s exposure to litigation by improving employee health & well-being
Work therapy is growing in popularity and forward thinking companies such as Yahoo!, British Gas and First Direct are investing in their people’s health and wellbeing by using services such as physiotherapy, stress counselling and on site massage. More and more studies show that the benefits of looking after your staff provides a strong return on investment it is likely that work therapy will continue to grow in popularity.
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