The cost to the economy resulting from death and disability as a result of illnesses such as heart disease and stroke is in excess of R8 billion a year! This exerts a tremendous burden on the workplace: lost man-hours lost productivity due to presenteeism, sick leave and absenteeism. Therefore, it is in the workplace’s best interest to search for, and implement, solutions.

Workplace wellness interventions have become essential to successfully address the needs of the workplace in Ireland. It is time for a paradigm shift: for too long we’ve been focusing our attention on the problem (i.e. managing disease).