The concept of having a massage therapist come to your place of work is not new, however the number of employers that are now incorporating a corporate massage program into their reward and benefits packages is steadily increasing. So, why is there this growing interest in corporate massage? The answer may be found in the increasing wealth of evidence that investing in your people has many tangible business benefits.
According to Professor Sayeed Khan, Chief Medical Officer at EEF, businesses have a fantastic potential to improve the health and well being of their people. But why should employers act? Because it’s important for employers to recognize that happy and healthy people will perform better, will attend better, will have less accidents at work and will stay with that employer rather than move on.
Corporate massage can be an effective tool to help combat the aches and pains people pick up from sitting at a computer all day, helping to keep staff productivity high and absence rates low. Prevention is definitely better than cure and businesses that invest in the health and well being of their staff experience returns that are typically greater than the initial investment.
Some of the benefits of on corporate massage include:
* Effectively manages workplace stress
* Reduces sickness absence and presenteeism
* Reduces employee turnover through improved staff retention
* Increases energy levels, team morale & motivation
* Helps your staff achieve a good work-life balance
Organizations now realize just how expensive it is for employees to be under performing and how employee well being initiatives like corporate massage have a positive impact on company performance and profitability.
David Moore is the MD of Office Retreat which specializes in on site office massage packages for companies. Permission is granted to reproduce this article provided that it is reproduced in its entirety as shown above, and appropriate credit is given, with a link back to http://www.office-retreat.com/corporate-massage/