Supervisor Tips: Supporting Wellness at Work

Fact Sheet: Healthier Habits at Work (pdf)
Print and share this fact sheet with staff.

Supporting Wellness at Work (pdf)
This is a pdf version of this webpage for distributing to department managers and supervisors.

Assess your Office:                                                          

• Do you understand your role in preventing injury and illness and creating a safe and healthy work environment?
• Do staff take work breaks? Do they feel comfortable going for a walk or stretching at break time?
• Are you familiar with the wellness programs offered on campus? Do you orient staff and faculty on the campus resources they can utilize to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles?
• Do you make sure healthy food and beverage options are available at meetings and catered events for those that want healthier choices?

Suggestions for Action:

Enhance your supervisory skills...

• Attend Promoting a Safe and Healthy Work Environment for Managers and Supervisors to learn health and safety responsibilities. Enroll through the Supervisor Development Lab or schedule for your department.
  
• Utilize the Healthy Office Program for Supervisors for addressing health and safety issues in office environments. Includes tips for supervisors, reproducible fact sheets, and campus resources.
  

Create a work environment that supports healthier lifestyles...

• Encourage and support staff to use morning or afternoon breaks for walking 15-30 minutes a day, to get up from their workstation to stretch or move around, to take the stairs throughout the day.
• Support flex time for physical activity or participating in a health management program.
• Schedule a 15-minute Step Up to Fitness pedometer orientation at a staff meeting. (510) 643-4646
• Offer an on-site fitness program with certified trainers from Recreational Sports. WorkFIT is a strength training and flexibility circuit training for departments. (510) 643-7158
• Orient staff to campus physical activity resources:
  • Health*Matters Walking Group meets every MWF at 12:10 - 1 pm at the Campanile. (510) 643-4646
  • Recreational Sports offers free 30-day membership trial for faculty and staff, fitness club memberships and classes at very reasonable rates with payroll deduction. (510) 642-7796
• Include healthier food and beverage choices at meetings, potlucks and catered events. If any food or beverages are being provided at meetings or events, include water and fruits and/or vegetables. See the Healthy Meetings webpage for more resources and the UC Berkeley Guide to Healthy Meetings and Events.

Encourage and support staff to achieve and maintain healthier lifestyles...

• Allow staff who want to complete a Health Assessment (HA) to take 15 minutes of their work day to do so. Go to the campus UC Living Well page to find direct links to Staywell or Kaiser and learn about incentives available, confidentiality, eligibility, and FAQ's.
• Provide all staff and faculty with Healthier Habits at Work, a mini-poster for their work area. Post a copy in a highly visible spot in the central work area.
• Promote staff attendance at health improvement workshops and programs.
  
  
  • Step Up to Fitness pedometer program.
  • Know Your Numbers and Leading a Healthy Lifestyle workshop.
  • Eat Smart, Get Fit behavior change class.
  • Telephone consultation for smoking cessation, workshops on other topics.
  • Enroll on ICE.
    

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