Objectives of Employee Wellness
- To inform, empower and encourage UKZN employees to live a balanced healthy lifestyle through proactive wellbeing initiatives and providing them with the necessary information and equipping them with the necessary tools.
- A variety of services, information will be provided for employees to engage in endeavours that enhance employee wellness.
- Line managers are encouraged to promote a proactive stance pertaining to employee wellness. To encourage employees to utilize all the services that are offered and to assist in identifying employees that are having challenges with regard to their wellbeing and refer them to the service providers.
- Employees are encouraged to take control and improve their health by taking preventive measures to avert the onset or worsening of an illness or disease. and to adopt a healthy lifestyle, i.e.
Eating a healthy well-balanced diet
Avoid unhealthy habits such as excessive drinking and smoking
Have regular medical checkups
Exercise
Be forward thinking and organized
Schedule some “me-time”
Spend quality time with family and friends
Maintain good work relationships
Have a financial budget and stick to it