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Wellness Matters Program
Wellness Matters is a core strategic internal QUT Employee Program funded by QUT budgets and resourced by QUT employees to:
'Deliver to QUT employees a comprehensive voluntary Wellness promotion program that provides the motivation, resources and opportunities to develop balanced work and personal Wellness leading to an improved quality of life'.
The Wellness Matters Program utilises a wellness model that incorporates physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and occupational dimensions to delivery health promotion programs involving activity and educative workshops and seminars.
Wellness Matters staff are qualified health professionals who have a continuing commitment to delivering a Wellness program of the highest quality for QUT employees.
The QUT Wellness Matters Program encourages a healthy and productive environment supportive of work - life balance within a developing Wellness culture in order to ultimately provide a model for the community.
Wellness Matters Program Potential Benefits
For Employees:
- Increased opportunity to take control of personal Health and Wellness
- Increased knowledge of health, lifestyle, Wellness and Health Behaviour
- Increased morale
- Reduced work absences
- Reduced personal medical costs
- Improved work - life balance
For QUT:
- Healthier employees
- Increased productivity
- Increased corporate morale
- Decreased organisational conflict
- Informed Wellness conscious employees
- Developing oganisational Wellness culture
- Reduced employee turnover
- Recruitment incentive
Potential Cost Savings:
- Reduced sick leave
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced premature retirement
- Reduced costs of presenteeism
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