AIA Australia launches survey to promote workplace wellbeing
AIA Australia has launched AIA Vitality’s Australia’s Healthiest Workplace Survey for 2018, a science-based workplace survey that examines employee lifestyle, clinical indicators and stress and mental health.
The survey was created to understand the associated impact on wellbeing and productivity at an individual level and is the second of its kind, with the inaugural survey launched in 2017.
Chief executive officer of AIA Australia and New Zealand, Damien Mu, said promoting employee health and wellbeing was an opportunity to have a positive impact on the lives of working Australians.
“It also supports organisations across Australia looking to create a more productive and engaging workplace, and it has a significant impact to business performance as it can save companies millions of dollars,” he said. “Our inaugural survey in 2017 found that on average there is a productivity loss of 43 working days per employee surveyed every year in Australia, resulting in an average productivity loss of $10 million per employer per year.”
Mu also said through the survey, employers would receive a report that supported them by benchmarking, providing insights and trends over time to help increase business productivity through improving wellbeing in the workplace.
“Ultimately, this will serve our goal of helping Australia to become the healthiest and most protected nation in the world, and Australians to live healthier, longer, better lives,” said Mu.
The survey would be free and open for companies with a minimum of 20 employees to register until 30 May, with expected employee completion by 29 June. The winner would be announced by the end of the year.
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