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A new survey from EMPLOYERS, America's small business insurance specialist®, shows an alarming result: “Small businesses, which employ more than half of the American workforce, have been much slower to embrace” workplace wellness best practices than larger businesses have.
Said David Quezada, Vice President of Loss Control at EMPLOYERS: ““Small businesses should become more proactive about creating workplace environments and enforcing policies that promote employee health and wellbeing.”
Given all of the reports around sitting being the new smoking, some of the survey findings really stand out:
- “More than three-quarters (77 percent) of small businesses do not provide non-traditional seating options such as stand-up desks, treadmill desks or balance balls to employees, despite research that shows sitting for extended periods of time can lead to increased risks of heart disease, cancer and other ailments.”
- “More than one-quarter (29 percent) of small business owners surveyed said that their employees typically remain seated for more than an hour at a time.”
- “Two out of five (42 percent) small businesses do not provide monitor stands to improve the posture and comfort of employees who primarily work on computers.”
Added Quezada: A growing amount of research is showing that increased time spent sitting and obesity are taking years off our lives.”
Another write-up on the survey can be found in Employee Benefit News' piece: “Small businesses need help promoting wellness.”
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