Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today

BenefitsResearchWellbeing and health promotionHealth insuranceHealthcare cash plans

Employers see link between workplace health and performance

by Nic Paton 4 Jan 2018
by Nic Paton 4 Jan 2018

Employers are almost unanimous in seeing a direct correlation between workplace health and performance, a study by benefits provider Aon Employee Benefits has concluded.

Its survey of 200 UK organisations found that 96% of employers agreed that such a link existed.

The same percentage also agreed or strongly agreed that they were responsible for improving employee health behaviours. In fact, more than three quarters (77%) said they were looking to improve on their existing health and wellbeing programmes in the next 12 months.

Although employee physical health remained important to employers, they were also looking to strike a balance between what are becoming “the four widely accepted core pillars of health and wellbeing”, or emotional, physical, social and financial health, according to Aon.

Some 43% of employers were looking to evolve their emotional health offering to support mental health issues further.

More than half (53%) said they were looking to improve the support available to employees through financial wellbeing initiatives.

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

OptOut
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Mark Witte, head of healthcare & risk consulting at Aon Employee Benefits, said: “The concerns of employers are many, but – across the board – mental health is seen as the top current concern on their agenda (43%), while physical (33% and lifestyle 33% behaviours follow closely behind.

“Indeed, 95% of employers are concerned about the current and future issues of mental health. The number one future concern by a significant margin is an ageing workforce (43%) and it will clearly be an area of enormous focus in the coming years,” he added.

Nic Paton

Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.

previous post
Public Health England urges bowel cancer screening for over-60s
next post
Fit for Work service scrapped in workplace health policy overhaul

You may also like

Third in north west fear ill health will...

2 Jul 2025

Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn...

30 Jun 2025

Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR...

25 Jun 2025

Supporting employees through substance abuse

24 Jun 2025

How employers can support cancer carers better

11 Jun 2025

Two-thirds of workers still struggling to access GPs...

10 Jun 2025

Employers wrestling with rising cost of providing benefits

10 Jun 2025

Pension Schemes Bill should be ‘hugely beneficial’ for...

5 Jun 2025

Why cash lump sums may not be the...

5 Jun 2025

Half with MS have left a job because...

3 Jun 2025

  • Empowering working parents and productivity during the summer holidays SPONSORED | Businesses play a...Read more
  • AI is here. Your workforce should be ready. SPONSORED | From content creation...Read more

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today