Health and Wellbeing Policy Template

Did you know these facts about Health and Wellbeing?

• Good mental health is strongly related to good physical health.
• Nearly everyone will experience poor physical or mental health in their lifetime.
• A health and wellbeing policy is an official document that clearly defines how a company’s employees should behave in the workplace on a day-to-day basis and pay attention to their as well as their colleagues’ health.
• Health and wellbeing is about how you look after your employees’ physical and mental health.

Health and Wellbeing Policy overview

This health and wellbeing policy covers what health and wellbeing is and provides guidelines for the standards required to live a healthy life and promote wellbeing in your organisation. It deals with the standards of behaviour expected when your people are dealing with employees, contractors, volunteers, customers, suppliers, regulatory authorities, and the general public at the workplace or when they are working from home.

This health and wellbeing policy template can be adapted to meet the specific needs of your organisation. You can change as little or as much of the content as you like. Some sections may be governed by state and federal legislation. It is important that you seek your own HR or legal advice, maintain this policy as legislation changes and adjust it to meet your requirements.

Target audience

This health and well-being workplace policy template is suitable for all your employees, contractors, and volunteers. Once you have adjusted the health and wellbeing policy template to meet the specific requirements of your organisation, you can deliver it to new starters at induction and as refresher training on a regular basis.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in this health and wellbeing policy:

• Prevent workplace injuries and illnesses
• Enhance workplace culture
• Consult, collaborate and communicate with employees
• Allocate adequate resources

Duration

This health and wellbeing policy will take approximately five minutes to complete.

Learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes will be achieved on completion of this health and wellbeing policy:

• Understand the professional standards of health and well-being that are expected.
• Recognise the types of behaviour that constitute acting with integrity and following healthy practices.
• Understand that everyone has a responsibility to contribute to promoting well-being for everyone at the workplace.
• Recognise personal responsibility to comply with this health and wellbeing policy.
• Know how to report known or suspected incidents and hazards.
• Acknowledge that the health and wellbeing policy does not cover every possible event or action and that caution and common sense are required.

Business outcomes

Once all employees, contractors and volunteers have completed your health and wellbeing policy, the following business outcomes will be achieved for your organisation:

• Reduce the incidents of physical diseases and mental distress in your workplace.
• Mitigate the risk of legal liability associated with non-compliance to health and wellbeing standards at the workplace.
• Protect your reputation from the damage caused by incidents of job dissatisfaction amongst employees, injuries, or stress in the workplace.
• Present a vision for professional standards in your workplace.
• Increase engagement by supporting a workplace culture that treats people fairly and respectfully and looks after their physical and mental health.
• Become an employer of choice.

How to use this health and wellbeing policy template