Employee Wellness Practices
An effective way of integrating wellness into business operations is through daily practices, completed as part of a productive work day, that support employee’s health, safety, and well-being. This can involve creating a social and physical environment that provides people with opportunities to connect with each other, make positive behaviour changes, build their skill set and make healthier lifestyle choices.
When workplaces support employee wellness practices as part of a comprehensive approach, employees are more likely to be engaged, productive, resilient, and empowered to thrive at work and in their personal lives.
Explore more information, tools and resources below to facilitate and support employee wellness practices in the workplace.
Click a topic in the word cloud to access a list of resources.
Mental Fitness
- CAR Approach: Guide to improve mental fitness and resilience in the workplace – Published by the New Brunswick Department of Social Development – Wellness Branch
- Mental Fitness Infographic – The CAR Approach in the Workplace – Published by the New Brunswick Department of Social Development – Wellness Branch
- The Impact of Organizational Factors on Psychological Needs and Their Relations with Well-Being – A research paper published by in the Journal of Business and Psychology
- The “What” and “Why” of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior – Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester
- Guarding Minds @ Work – Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health & Addiction, Simon Fraser University
- Workplace Strategies for Mental Health – Great West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
- Workplace Health Resource Kit – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Resources pertaining to mental health/stress/depression/anxiety can be found on pages 37-48 - Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Workplace Psychological Health Promotion: A How-To Guide (presentation by Merv Gilbert, PhD, and Dan Bilsker, PhD) – Mental Health Commission of Canada
- National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labor’s Positive Mental Health Initiative (presentation by Dr. Bill Morrison and Dr. Patricia Peterson)
- Creating Organizational Change – Mental Fitness in the Workplace (presentation by Dr. Bill Morrison and Dr. Patricia Peterson)
- Wellness Posters – NB Wellness Movement
- Live Well Bien Vivre Health Coaches
Healthy Eating
- Live Well Bien Vivre Health Coaches
- The DASH Diet to Lower Blood Pressure – Diabetes Canada
- eaTracker – Dietitians Canada
- Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – Health Canada
- Understanding Food Labels – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Healthy Eating Resources for Workplaces: Ideas and resources to support a healthy eating environment in the workplace – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
- Workplace Health Resource Kit – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Resources pertaining to healthy eating/nutrition and healthy weight/weight management can be found on pages 17-36 - Putting Health on the Agenda – The Council of Atlantic Premiers
- Wellness Posters – NB Wellness Movement
Physical Activity
- Sneak-it-in-week – ParticipACTION
- UPnGO – ParticipACTION
- Get Started Program – ParticipACTION
- Live Well Bien Vivre Health Coaches
- Pedometer Challenge Toolkit – York Region Workplace Wellness
- Energize Your Workplace (poster) – York Region Workplace Wellness
- Wellness Posters – NB Wellness Movement
- Exercising in the Workplace – York Region Workplace Wellness
- Workplace Health Resource Kit – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Resources pertaining to physical activity/active living can be found on pages 49-54 - Putting Health on the Agenda – The Council of Atlantic Premiers
- Reducing prolonged sitting in the workplace (video) – The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)
- Get Active Questionnaire and Get Active Questionnaire Reference Document
- Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines Handbook
- Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults (18-64 years)
Tobacco-Free Living
- Live Well Bien Vivre Health Coaches
- The New Brunswick Anti-Tobacco Coalition (NBATC)
- Smoking Cessation in the Workplace: A Guide To Helping Your Employees Stop Smoking – Health Canada
- Smoking Cessation in the Workplace – Presentation
- Checklist of considerations around the provision of smoking cessation programs/supports
- Needs assessment survey when implementing a smoking cessation program
- Smoking Cessation Program Evaluation – The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
- New Brunswick Lung Association – Smoking and Tobacco
- Canadian Cancer Society – Live Smoke Free
- Workplace Health Resource Kit – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Resources pertaining to tobacco-free living can be found on pages 63-68 - Putting Health on the Agenda – The Council of Atlantic Premiers
- Briefing Series : Smoking Cessation and the Workplace – Profile of Tobacco Smokers in Canada – Conference Board of Canada
Health Assessment and Screening
- Workplace Health Resource Kit – The Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Resources pertaining to screening (breast cancer/cervical cancer/colorectal cancer screening, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose/diabetes) can be found on pages 55-58 - The new generation of health risk assessments – Article By Benefits Canada
- My health check up – an online health evaluation tool supported by the Canadian Medical Association
- It’s my life! Stop cancer before it starts – an interactive online questionnaire to help you determine the impact of cancer and how to reduce the risk supported by the Canadian Cancer Society