Health and wellbeing in the workplace
What is wellbeing in the workplace?
Supporting your employees’ health and wellbeing simply means encouraging a positive working environment and reducing workplace stress. There is no set definition for a workplace wellbeing programme – it should be unique to your business.
You can encourage wellbeing in the workplace in several ways, for example offering your team mental health support through Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP). Employee recognition and an open culture can also promote positive wellbeing at work. Small changes make a huge difference, too. Collaboration spaces, flexible working and providing healthy office snacks are all simple ways to improve your workplace wellbeing.
The value of employee wellbeing
A healthy workplace helps your team to flourish. A wellbeing programme helps employees feel appreciated at work and encourages them to adopt healthy lifestyle habits. It can reduce any work-related stress and promote a positive working environment for everyone.
As a manager, you’ll reap the benefits of a happy workforce too. By promoting wellbeing in the workplace, your team will be more productive, engaged, and happier. You may find reduced absence, improved morale, and a lower staff turnover.
Encouraging a good work-life balance can protect your employees’ physical and mental health. Simple things like ensuring employees have a reasonable workload and that they aren’t facing any unrealistic expectations can improve their wellbeing.
Improving wellbeing in your workplace starts here
With so many people spending the majority of their waking hours at work, looking after your employees’ health and happiness is more important than ever. Here, we can help you to support your team’s health and wellbeing – and suggest ways you can improve it through our wellbeing checklist.
Employer duty of care
Business owners have a responsibility to protect the health and wellbeing of their employees. This includes addressing health and safety risks to offering solutions to manage and control those risks. Muscles, bones and joint support, occupational health and wellbeing strategies are some of the ways businesses can safeguard staff wellbeing.
Health Insights LIVE
Bringing you the latest healthcare trends, interviews with medical experts and global leaders as well as specialist insight from Bupa: all designed to keep you and your organisation one step ahead.
The Bupa Academy
Shaping the future of workplace health
The Bupa Academy is open to anyone who has a company healthcare scheme with us. Join free events about healthcare issues and trends, and how to manage health and wellbeing within your organisation. Contact your Bupa account manager to sign up.
Download your workplace wellbeing plan
A happy and healthy workplace is key to succeeding in today's ever-changing world. So whether you're starting up, growing or are an established small business, use our wellbeing plans to create a business that's fit for the future.
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Focusing on the mind, not just the body
It’s vital that while working we’re happy and healthy. That’s why we created our workplace mental health hub, which contains a whole host of information and advice to help you look after the mental health of your employees in the workplace.
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#OpenUp
Mental wellbeing affects us every day, especially at work. But we don’t often make it a priority or understand the connection with our physical health. Find out more about our campaign to open up mental health conversations in the workplace.
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Managers' guides
It doesn’t have to be hard work to help your team feel healthier and happier – that’s where our in-depth guides can help. They provide valuable insights on a range of important topics to help you give your employees that extra bit of support.
Workplace wellness blog
Keep up-to-date with issues affecting workplace wellbeing. Explore challenges and find solutions that could work for you and your business.
Help for the things that matter
We understand that having cancer concerns, mental health issues and muscle, bone and joint conditions can be stressful for your employees. Which is why we want them to speak to us first, usually without the need to see a GP††. This improves the speed of diagnosis and minimises worry and absence.
Business dental resource centre
This resource centre contains all the materials you need to talk to your staff about Bupa Dental insurance. Find emails, leaflets, videos and more. All designed to help support you and your employees.
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Find out more about our health and wellbeing cover for your employees
For small to medium businesses
(2-249 employees)
Healthcare solutions for businesses that want to cover between 2 and 249 employees
For large corporate businesses
(250+ employees)
Healthcare solutions for businesses that want to cover 250 employees or more.
For
intermediaries
Company healthcare solutions to help you support your clients boost productivity, morale and wellbeing.
††Direct Access telephone services are available as long as the symptoms are covered under the policy. If your cover excludes conditions you had before your policy started, we’ll ask you to provide evidence from your GP that your symptoms are not pre-existing for a period of up to two years from policy start date (or five years in the case of mental health). We can then refer you to a consultant or therapist through the Direct Access service. Always call us first to check your eligibility.
Bupa health insurance, dental insurance, cash plan and travel insurance are provided by Bupa Insurance Limited. Registered in England and Wales No.3956433. Bupa Insurance Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Arranged and administered by Bupa Insurance Services Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales No. 3829851.
Bupa Health Assessments and Occupational Health services are provided by Bupa Occupational Health Limited. Registered in England and Wales No.631336. Registered office: 1 Angel Court, London, EC2R 7HJ.
†Terms and conditions
- In these terms and conditions, references to “Bupa” are to Bupa Insurance Limited, which may act through its agent Bupa Insurance Services Limited.
- Eligible clients will receive 2-years fixed rate at no additional cost (the “Offer”) when purchasing a new Bupa Select Company PMI Policy (the “Select Policy”) subject to these terms and conditions. The Offer cannot be used against any other Bupa product or service.
- The Offer is available to UK registered small or medium sized corporate entities (including, for example, companies, partnerships and associations) covering between 2 and 249 employees (“SMEs”) who purchase a new Select Policy directly from Bupa.
- The Offer is available to new SME clients and is not available for the following:
- a. SME clients who are switching from an alternative company health insurance provider; or
- b. SME clients who purchase their Select Policy through an intermediary; or
- c. existing Bupa clients who hold a policy for any Bupa product or service.
- The Offer is only available for new SME clients for whom a quote is provided for a Select Policy. Quotes are valid for 28 days and Bupa’s standard Terms of Business and Bupa Select Policy Terms & Conditions will apply.
- The fixed rate option guarantees the price of the Select Policy for 2 years (the “Fixed Period”). However, this is not protected from any increases in Insurance Premium Tax (“IPT”) at the first renewal. Changes to the Select Policy made during the Fixed Period may also affect the price at the first renewal, although the rate per member will remain fixed. Examples of changes to the Select Policy include (but are not limited to): adding or removing members and dependents from the Select Policy, babies covered on a complimentary basis becoming paid-for child dependents at the first renewal, and child-dependents reaching the age of 24 during the first year of cover who would then be required to pay the adult rate in the second year of cover.
- You may not be able to amend the benefit options of the Select Policy at your first renewal when choosing the fixed rate option.
- When calculating renewal prices for a Select Policy after the Fixed Rate period, Bupa considers additional factors such as (but not limited to) claims history, age of members, the rising cost of healthcare and IPT, which will be factored into each year’s renewal subscription.
- Bupa reserves the right to decline to offer a Select Policy in its absolute discretion, and Bupa’s decision regarding any aspect of this promotion is final.
- Bupa reserves the right to cancel, suspend, amend or withdraw the Offer at any point without prior notice.
- The Offer is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, has no cash value/alternative and cannot be used in conjunction with other promotions or offers except for Bupa’s free HR support offer provided by WorkNest (the “WorkNest Offer”).
- The WorkNest Offer is not available for the following:
- a. SME clients who are covering more than 25 members on their Select Policy; or
- b. SME clients who are switching from an alternative company health insurance provider; or
- c. SME clients who purchase their Select Policy through an intermediary; or
- d. existing Bupa clients who hold a policy for any Bupa product or service.
- Eligible clients will receive access to WorkNest’s HR support service for SME’s during the first year of cover when purchasing a new Select Policy. The WorkNest Offer cannot be used against any other Bupa product or service. This service is provided by WorkNest Limited.
- The WorkNest Offer is only available for new Eligible SME clients for whom a quote is provided for a Select Policy between 3 January 2023 and 29 December 2023 inclusive. Quotes are valid for 28 days and the Select Policy must have a start date between 3 January 2023 and 29 December 2023 inclusive. Bupa’s standard Terms of Business and Bupa Select Policy Terms & Conditions will apply.
- Bupa will use any personal information in accordance with its privacy notice which can be found at bupa.co.uk/privacy
- To the fullest extent permitted by law, Bupa and its group companies shall not be liable to the SME client or any of its employees for any claims, damages or any other losses whatsoever under or in connection with the operation of the Offer.
- These terms & conditions shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
