Miller Health, occupational health and fitness; Seminar Programs

THE OH&F FIREWALL

SEMINAR PRESENTATION

THE OCCUPATIONAL

HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING FIREWALL

Hi, I'm John Miller and I'd like to invite you to join me for a 1 hour seminar on THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING FIREWALL.

It is a fact that the health status of the community is declining - the increase in medical expenditure confirms this. It's obvious; if people were becoming healthier, medical bills would be coming down.

Workplaces are being effected by this trend. At the same time as workplaces have become safer, they've also become unhealthier. In the majority of organisations, poor health, not poor safety is now the most significant driver of OH&S costs.

DYSFUNCTION

When we talk about 'poor health', it becomes easier to grasp the concept when we define it as 'body system dysfunction'. Most of the diseases that plagued the country 100 years ago have disappeared. The current illhealth epidemic relates to personally generated, life-style induced dysfunctions.

There are three principal categories of dysfunction,

▪ metabolic

▪ musculo-skeletal

▪ psychological.

They are driven by

▪	a sedentary way of life

▪	inappropriate food choices

▪	an inability to cope with the normal stresses of life (and work), and (maybe)

▪	a toxic environment

The good news about this is that if personal lifestyle choice is the major cause of the problem, then personal lifestyle choice can be a major influence in the solution.

HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING AND THE WORKPLACE

So why should organisations take an interested in the personal health, fitness and wellbeing of their staff?

1.	In the first instance, as a concerned employer they have a genuine interest in staff health, fitness and wellbeing - no strings attached. Investment in health, fitness and wellbeing is as important a part of an organisation's investment in people as technical and management development.

2.	There are huge savings to be made in lowering rates of absenteeism and presenteeism. If the average cost of a day's absence is (say) $250 per person, the bill soon mounts up when everyone takes 10 or more unplanned days off a year. Cut the absenteeism by 20% per year over the next 5 years and you save a lot of money. Presenteeism is the word used to describe the condition which occurs when people front up to work but they're tired, have a headache, are craving the next cigarette, cup of coffee or a Coke; have a back that's so out of alignment it hurts to sneeze or cough, are stressed out of their brains, have trousers that are too tight, are in the wrong job ... It's not hard to measure and not hard to deal with. I'll show you how.

3.	There are huge savings to be made by cutting workers compensation claims. A systematic occupational health, fitness and wellness program stops personally-generated body system dysfunctions from being passed off as work-related injuries, in effect it stops the dysfunctions from being transferred to the safety/injury bucket. In fact I bet you already have a safe workplace.

4.	Supporting staff health, fitness and wellbeing is a community service role involving a bit of give and take. If you want to take healthy people from the community, you've got an obligation to give healthy people back to the community.

5.	As an employee value proposition, an occupational health, fitness and wellbeing program is an integral part of an employee retention strategy. You don't want to lose good staff because they are in such bad shape they want to retire.

So what I plan to do on Tuesday is introduce you to the OH&F firewall - a tool for stopping the personally generated dysfunctions from being dressed up as work-related injuries.

I'll show you how you can manage the risk these personally-generated dysfunctions pose to your bottom line. Those organisations that continue to presume that all the complaints they receive are related to workplace safety are destined to oversee ever-increasing costs of employing people.

This seminar will show you how you can measure the risk and start reining in the costs.

THE CROOKBACK CLINIC

Then I'll take you through the CrookBack Clinic, - Australia's leading musculo-skeletal health program - principally because in many of the organisations I work with, up to 40% of the staff are already putting up with one of more musculo-skeletal dysfunctions - and that's before they slap a claim form on your desk. The risk is enormous.

As a result of this seminar there is a high likelihood that you will be able to dramatically improve the musculo-skeletal health of your workforce and make huge savings on your workers compensation arrangements.

AUDIT REPORT

I'll show you some of the audit reports I've complied over the last few years. You'll be amazed at what some people are putting up with. I'll give you a snap shot of the likely health, fitness and wellbeing profile of you're own staff.

OHF&W TEMPLATE

I'll show you an OH&F template that you can use. It will save you the time, effort and money of having to work one out for yourself.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

I'll introduce you to key performance indicators that you can include in the duty statement of every manager and supervisor. I'll show you how to successfully devolve responsibility for OHF&W management to your managers. It's ironic how OHF&W disasters follow poor managers around like a bad smell.

BRING A COLLEAGUE, A MANAGER, A STAFF MEMBER ...

This is a chance to transform your workplace. Bring a group along.

THE INVESTMENT

The only investment you need to make is your time. The seminar is FREE.

I look forward to seeing you and your work colleagues.

John Miller

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