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A healthy workplace supports the physical, mental and social well-being of employees while making healthier choices easier during the working day.

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People spend a significant share of their waking hours at work. Workplace policies, routines, food environments, physical spaces and organisational culture can therefore have a direct influence on health and well-being.

Jamaica Moves in Workplaces supports organisations to move beyond one-off wellness days and build a more consistent approach to employee wellness. Programmes should be practical, inclusive and appropriate to the organisation, supporting employees’ access to qualified health professionals and occupational-health services.

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Why invest in workplace wellness?

Workplace health programmes can support well-being, morale, engagement and health knowledge while helping organisations create safer, more supportive working environments. They provide opportunities for healthier routines, stronger social connections and early health screening.

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Build wellness around the whole person

Bring practical changes into the working day, with activities that include everyone.

Move, eat and live well

  • Make room for active breaks, walking, movement and workplace fitness activities.
  • Make water and healthier food choices easier to access.
  • Connect employees with approved health information, routine health checks and appropriate referral.
  • Support tobacco-free environments and access to reliable sexual-health information and services.

Support minds and connections

  • Promote stress-management skills, respectful communication and access to professional support.
  • Build positive relationships through inclusive team activities and peer support.
  • Make space for reflection, meaning and purpose, with voluntary participation and respect for different beliefs.

Create a safer workplace

  • Identify hazards and follow occupational-health and safety requirements.
  • Build a culture where employees can raise concerns without fear.
  • Use supportive policies and everyday practices to make the workplace physically and emotionally safer.

Eight steps to get started

  1. Secure leadership support and identify a wellness coordinator or committee.
  2. Ask employees what they need and review available workplace health information.
  3. Select a small number of realistic priorities.
  4. Create an action plan with activities, responsible people, dates and simple measures of progress.
  1. Improve the environment through water access, active breaks, healthier food options and supportive policies.
  2. Connect activities with qualified professionals and approved Ministry resources.
  3. Track participation, feedback and agreed health-promotion indicators.
  4. Review the programme and improve it over time.
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Corporate Wellness Challenge

The Corporate Wellness Challenge is a workplace initiative under Jamaica Moves that uses structured activities and friendly competition to encourage healthier workplace practices.

Bring colleagues together through physical activity, healthy eating, health education, screening and team-based wellness activities.

Contact HPE for current participation opportunities and registration information.

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The wellness coordinator

A workplace wellness coordinator helps turn the organisation’s wellness goals into practical action: coordinating activities, connecting with approved resource people, sharing reliable information, maintaining a calendar and promoting participation.

Listen to employees, review participation and feedback, and adapt the programme over time. Small, consistent changes can help wellness become part of everyday working life.

How can my workplace participate?

Contact HPE or your Regional Health Authority to ask about current challenges, wellness-coordinator training, workplace resources and health-promotion support for your organisation.

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