The Halton Region Health Department offers resources and events for employers to assist in making workplace wellness a reality in their organizations.

Steps to Creating a Healthier Organization Toolkit

• The toolkit has been developed to assist organizations in developing workplace health programs. The kit outlines the steps involved in setting up a workplace health program.
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Achieving Work Life Balance: A Guide to Policy Development

• This free booklet was created to assist organizations with developing and implementing work-life balance initiatives and includes: information about policies and their relevance to work-life balance issues, definitions of various work-life balance policy terms, examples and templates to get you started on developing and implementing healthy policies and ideas and resources on how to create a supportive environment in your workplace.
• Order this resource

Workplace Health Networking Meetings

• Held 2-3 times a year, these free meetings are opportunities for local organizations to connect and learn from each other how to make healthy changes in the workplace. The 2-hour meetings begin with a presentation on a workplace wellness issue. Participants then join discussion groups to share information about what is happening in their workplace.
• E-mail the Health Department for more information on upcoming meetings.

Working Well in Halton Posters

• These posters feature health tips for employees. They are available free of charge to Halton workplaces and are produced four times each year. When the posters are mailed, resources that support the poster’s theme are also included and employers may order additional copies for their employees.
• You can subscribe to the posters or view past issues online.

Workplace Health e-blast

The purpose of the Workplace Health e-blast is:

• To promote Halton Region Health Department workplace health promotion services (e.g. the Workplace Health Networking Meeting and Working Well in Halton quarterly posters )  
• To advertise or inform e-blast members about events or professional development opportunities that support comprehensive workplace health.
• To provide information about free resources and websites from not-for-profit organizations that support comprehensive workplace health
• Join e-blast online

Related Links

• Health Work and Wellness Conference 
• Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month 

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