Sensory Wellness Solutions in South Africa

By: marcashton

As Corporate Wellness grows and matures in the international and local arenas, more and more emphasis is likely to be placed on the impact of Sensory Input on workers operating in industries such as Call Centres, Mining, Manufacturing, and associated heavy engineering.

With growing emphasis on employee health and safety and additional legislation being introduced employees need to consider a variety of things from both a Legal and Commercial perspective. These include:

- What are the health, safety and commercial implications of subjecting employees to work with heavy machinery?

- Is working with heavy machinery likely to result in an increase in Compensation claims against the business?

- Is the layout of your work environment not conducive to productive staff?
- Are you recruiting people with very low tolerance for noise, cramped conditions resulting in high staff turnover and replacement costs?

- Is it difficult to work in your environment due to factors such as temperature, smoking, outside noise / noise from the station next door?

- Is the stress of working in your business environment resulting in high turnover of staff and can you reduce stress levels without reducing productivity?

- Does Flu cripple your workforce in winter resulting in more temporary staff being brought on board / trained?

How can Sensory Wellness assist business and what type of business is most likely to benefit from a Sensory Wellness assessment?

Sensory Wellness strategies can be applied to a variety of business models but the most applicable include:

Call centres
Mining
Engineering
Manufacturing

Industry remains sceptical of "Wellness Solutions" as they feel that these "Soft" principles may be applicable as nice perks for management but they are less applicable to the staff on the factory or call centre floor interacting with clients and other staff members.

Sensory Wellness Solutions act as both a management tool and can assist employers with:

- Getting feedback on their existing sensory environment and ways of improving it
- Identify reasons behind high levels of employee absenteeism and presenteeism
- Provide solutions for less stressful working environments
- Provide standardised testing of Employees BEFORE they join your team to assess their suitability for your environment

Article Source: http://business2u.co.za