View from the AOP: A happy workforce benefits businesses

Health and wellbeing is becoming an ever-growing subject in the corporate world, as businesses recognise the connection between a happy, healthy workforce and productivity and retention.

You only need to refer to the latest ONS figures showing that 15.8 million working days were lost in 2016 due to stress, depression and anxiety, to see the vital importance of providing the right work-life balance.

In 2017, the AOP made health and wellbeing our central theme and we carried out a series of initiatives to help improve workplace environments in the optical profession. These included our survey on the topic and the launch of our free-phone helpline, the Peer Support Line.