Employee motivation: Exercise your way to more productivity in the workplace.

Date: 07/09/2011

The primary concern for many bosses at small and medium businesses is not recruiting nor staff motivation, but absenteeism and sickness.

Of the 6,500 customers asked by employment law specialists, Citation, 21 per cent ranked sickness and absence as their biggest concern.

Meanwhile a study by the University of Stockholm has suggested incorporating exercise into the workday could lead to more productivity and employees taking less sick days.

Those studied said their own assessment of their productivity had improved and they completed more work, had a greater capacity for work and took less time off.

Adding exercise can mean simply getting off the bus a stop earlier on the way to work or going for a 15 minute walk during a coffee break.

Andrea O’Hare, head of personnel and employment law, Citation, said: “Many employers think they cannot contact or meet with an employee when they are off sick, particularly for longer-term absences. This is simply not the case.”
 

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