Employer Branding
Occupational Health Management: How Austrian companies can support their employees
- Employee Health
- Workplace
- Employer Branding
By implementing OHM, Austrian companies can not only promote the health of their employees but also achieve economic benefits and enhance their attractiveness as employers.
What is Occupational Health Management?
Occupational Health Management (OHM) is a comprehensive concept aimed at maintaining and promoting employee health and work ability. This is achieved through the development, management, and optimization of workplace structures and processes.
In Austria, OHM plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and healthy working conditions. Companies implement initiatives for health promotion and reintegration of employees after prolonged illness.
Benefits for companies and workforce
Occupational Health Management offers numerous benefits. Companies benefit from reduced illness and production outages, which lowers costs. Competitiveness is increased by enhancing their attractiveness as employers.
For employees, OHM means an improvement in quality of life and job satisfaction, as the working environment is enhanced and work motivation increases.
- Cost reduction through fewer sick leaves
- Maintaining work ability and know-how
- Increased employee satisfaction and motivation
Funding opportunities through the Fonds Gesundes Österreich
Companies can receive financial support for OHM measures from the Fonds Gesundes Österreich (FGÖ). A prominent example is the funding focus '(Climate-)Fit at Work!', which combines health promotion with active mobility and climate protection.
These supports make it easier for companies to implement and adapt effective measures to keep their workforce sustainably healthy.
The national strategy 'Health in the Workplace'
Since 2019, federal ministries, social insurance carriers, and social partners have jointly supported Austrian companies in implementing OHM. The national strategy 'Health in the Workplace' aims to improve and better coordinate services.
This provides companies with forward-looking support and benefits from practical recommendations to adjust their health strategies.
A practical example: The 'AMIGO' project
The 'AMIGO' project in Vorarlberg impressively demonstrates how OHM works in practice. By combining occupational mobility management with health promotion, 'AMIGO' encourages active mobility on the way to work.
This example illustrates how creatively and effectively OHM can be implemented in companies, benefiting not only employee health but also climate protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key areas of action include employee protection, workplace health promotion, and occupational reintegration management.
Companies can reduce costs, increase competitiveness, and maintain employee work ability.
The FGÖ offers financial support for workplace health promotion measures, for example, under the funding focus '(Climate-)Fit at Work!'.
AMIGO shows how occupational mobility management can be successfully combined with health promotion to support both employee health and climate protection.
This post was AI-assisted and editorially reviewed.
Sources
- Occupational Health Management (OHM) - Health in the Workplace - Occupational Health Management Austria
- OHM 2023: New funding focus and call for proposals | Fonds Gesundes Österreich
- Overview and strategy paper - Health in the Workplace - Occupational Health Management Austria
- AMIGO - combining occupational mobility management with health promotion - VCÖ Exemplary Mobility Projects
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