Rest and leisure time are extremely important for well-being and health, both mental and physical. Therefore, there is a need to develop strategies that encourage employees to use their free time effectively and take care of their health during the holidays. What methods are we talking about? Check below.

Free time for the employee - crucial for health and efficiency

Research shows that leisure and vacation are not only important for the physical and mental rest of employees, but also affect their performance and efficiency at work. According to a study by de Bloom, Geurts and Kompier (2012), people who regularly take vacations are more satisfied with their lives and less likely to suffer from heart disease. Additionally, research by Brough, O'Driscoll, and Kalliath (2005) suggests that Taking full advantage of holidays can help reduce stress in employees, which will have a positive effect on their health and well-being.

It is worth noting that healthy and satisfied employees are more efficient at work, which translates into benefits for business. As reported by Shao and Skarlicki (2019), employees who receive support from the organization in the issue of vacation use are more engaged in their work and more likely to make additional efforts to achieve organizational goals.

It seems that encouraging employees to take care of their health and well-being during the holidays can therefore benefit both them and the company as a whole.

Holidays above all

Vacation is really a part of work, a very important one that can not be ignored. It is essential to maintain balance, allows you to recharge your batteries and thus return to work with a feeling of refreshment and greater motivation. Therefore, it is worth encouraging employees to use it and remind that everyone has the right to it. To make it easier for team members to take their days off, let's give them flexibility and let them set their own rest datesso that they can adapt it to their needs.

How to encourage employees to take care of their health during the holidays? 6 ways

Resting and taking care of health during the holidays is not only a benefit for employees, but also for employerswho can benefit from the improved efficiency of their team. To encourage employees to take care of their health during the holidays, it is worth using the following ways.

• Organize pro-health motivational actions

Organize actions related to taking care of health - for example, under the program “Healthy holidays” you can organize competition for the best photo related to active recreation. Surely the motivation to participate in this type of projects will be higher when they are made available to employees helpful tools, e.g. NextBike city bike rides, which are included in one of the MultiLife packages. You can find out more about this tomorrow later in the article.

• Give space to relax

You have to be able to relax! How to support employees in effective relaxation? The answer is MultiLife services! Help employees on vacation eliminate the negative effects of stress. Encourage them to implement mindfulness practices and implementation of breathing exercises. The application will help with this Focusly - a modern tool for self-development, to which your teams will have unlimited access within MultiLife.

Nothing relaxes so well as good music. Give your employees access to a convenient app as well GO ON Home&Active, so they can listen to their favorite sounds wherever they want — on a walk or during a summer jog. The fans Inspirational reading will appreciate the employer for the library subscription in Legimi - an application that provides thousands of audiobooks and e-books.

• Enable prevention

Offer your employees preventive examination package and encourage them to do it before the holiday. It is important that nothing unpleasant interferes with their rest. As part of MultiLife, they will be able to take advantage of a wide range of research available in one place (allergy packages are of great interest, for example). They have many pick-up points to choose from, which you do not need to make an appointment - just check what hours the establishment works.

• Also support during the holidays

Create a support system for employees during the holidays, which they can use in case of any disturbing symptoms. As part of MultiLife Benefit Systems, it also offers access to Unlimited e-consultation with a doctor. Your employees will be able to benefit from both advice of internists, as well as specialists in the treatment of obesity. Doctors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Organize home workouts

It is difficult to imagine taking care of your mental and physical health without regular activity. We have a lot of disciplines at our disposal, among which everyone will find something for themselves. During a walk or in the gym you can listen to the already mentioned audiobooks or your favorite music. And for those who prefer workouts at home, MultiLife recommends the application Yes2Move. it the largest training platform in Poland, which allows you to stay in shape, thanks to the help of professionals from the best clubs in our country.

• Promote healthy eating

On a daily basis, we often encourage employees to eat healthy, among other things, by giving them fruits or valuable snacks. However, vacation is a time of food indulgence for many. We treat ourselves to not necessarily healthy delicacies and of course there is nothing wrong with that, as long as we maintain moderation. In a rational approach to our menu, during the holidays and not only, support will be Diet Wizard, which you can share with your employees within MultiLife. In taking care of health, the staff will help personalized diet plans prepared by professional nutritionists with passion.

You give = you gain!

It is worth encouraging employees to take care of their health. In addition to the great well-being of your staff, you also gain less absenteeism and reduced rotation employees and The image of a more attractive employer in the labor market.

And in addition, if you use the MultiLife benefit for these purposes:

• meet the diverse needs of employees by offering them many benefits in one package,
• You will optimize costs for your company,
• You can quickly implement a solution that It will be easy for you to administer later.

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• _{de Bloom, Geurts, & Kompier (2012): “Vacation from work as a respite from stress: Effects on job strain and well-being” - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429618/.}
• _{Brough, O'Driscoll, & Kalliath (2005): “The ability of vacation activities to alleviate symptoms of burnout and improve job satisfaction” - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775705000241.}
• _{Shao & Skarlicki (2019): “Support for vacation and employee well-being: Implications for organizational support theory” - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001879118301878.}