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Workplace health promotion covers measures that strengthen employees' health and well-being – including healthy, balanced catering at work.
Workplace health promotion encompasses strategies and measures to improve the health and wellbeing of the workforce. Companies invest in preventive measures in order to optimise working conditions, boost performance and reduce costs in the long term. Central themes are ergonomics, psychological support and the reduction of mental strain.
An often underestimated aspect is catering. Daily eating in the workplace is provided by company canteens and catering services such as egora, which offer health-friendly and tasty dishes. Healthy meals with balanced ingredients raise energy levels, promote concentration and motivation and thereby support work performance.
GESOCA is an innovative system for measuring health in canteens. It assesses the nutritional factors of the dishes on offer and creates transparency for employees. Through comparable health metrics, healthy yet tasty menus can be promoted without being preachy. Financial incentives such as subsidies geared to nutritional value provide additional motivation for healthier choices. The system is flexible and can also be used in schools and hospitals.
Investments in prevention pay off: every euro invested can generate a return of 2.20 euros. Healthier employees cause fewer illness-related absences, which reduces production losses and costs. Since 2009, health-promoting measures have been tax-free up to a certain amount per employee, which also covers health-promoting catering and ergonomic improvements.
Health measures that go beyond statutory obligations increase attractiveness as an employer and strengthen employees’ emotional bond. This reduces staff turnover and helps in the competition for skilled workers. In view of an ageing workforce, ergonomic workplace design, flexible working-time models and regular health checks are important in order to preserve fitness for work and valuable know-how in the long term. A health-oriented catering system is therefore a central building block of sustainable workplace health management.
