The Benefits

Work life balance is a term that is used on many occasions, but what does it really mean, and how can your workplace benefit from such a thing? Well REALfit Personal Training and Corporate Health have broken it down into a simple definition:

The core of effective work life balance is daily achievement and enjoyment.

Consider this, the average working week is 40 hours, roughly 1,960 hours per year equating to 22.4% of our lives spent at work not including overtime. Now refer back to our work life balance definition. If we are spending 22.4% of our time at work, the workplace plays a vital role in promoting not only achievement, enjoyment and satisfaction within their workers but also on a global scale.

Companies that have used some of our products and services have experienced:

  • A reduction in sick days, absenteeism and presenteeism.
  • Higher levels of staff engagement and productivity
  • Strong sense of alignment between company’s values and actions.
  • A minimum 2:1 return on investment

Not so Happy Statistics

  • Up to 75% of time lost in the workplace is stress related
  • Up to 80% of industrial accidents are due to stress
  • 1 in 8 workers are affected by on the job by anxiety, depression and stress.
  • 63% of adults are classified as overweight or obese.
  • In 2005 68% of population (9.4 million adults) had risk factors associated with heart disease.

Did you know?

Stress related absenteeism is directly costing Australian Employees $10.11 billion a year, 3.2 working lost per year per employer.

How much is it costing your business?