Johnson & Johnson wins Healthiest Company and Healthiest Workforce awards

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been named Britain’s Healthiest Company and recognised as having Britain’s Healthiest Workforce which following the UK’s largest wellness survey, whose findings were validated by a research team at the University of Cambridge.

Johnson & Johnson picked up the two awards after taking part in the joint initiative between The Sunday Telegraph, Mercer and VitalityHealth. The Healthiest Company award recognised the healthiest workplace and employees overall. The Healthiest Workforce award considered factors such as such as environment, employee engagement and participation, and company culture. Johnson & Johnson’s entry covered all three of its business sectors based in the Thames Valley area.

Johnson & Johnson has a long history of caring for the health of its employees. In line with the values set out in its company Credo, J&J has developed a company-wide health and wellbeing strategy, including a number of programmes and practices to help its people feel as healthy good as possible during work and at home.

These include encouraging employees to measure and monitor their current health status and lifestyle practices. The ‘Make It Count’ programme empowers people to manage, monitor and understand their blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and cholesterol. The ‘Energy for Performance in Life’ programme encourages employees to learn how to manage their energy levels efficiently to tackle challenges in their work and personal life.

In addition, Johnson & Johnson offers employees in the UK a range of policies and benefits including: private health care; flexible working; ergonomic workstations; the option to buy up to five extra days of annual leave; on-site fitness centres; and the provision of free fresh fruit and filtered water.

These are just a few examples of how the company looks after its people. Johnson & Johnson recognises that there are many other ways to support the wellbeing, health, energy levels and sense of work-life balance of its people. These have all been captured in the company’s ‘Little Book of Wellness’ which is distributed to all UK employees across the three sites.

Alison Yates, HR Director for the medical devices sector commented:

We are extremely proud to be named Britain’s Healthiest Company and Workforce. As a healthcare organisation we aim to advance the health and wellbeing of people across the world, and focusing on the health and wellbeing of our employees is a priority. Over the past few years we have worked hard to ensure that a range of benchmark programmes, employee benefits, and facilities are available for our employees in the UK, and to be recognised for these efforts demonstrates that we are making tremendous progress.

Each company that participates in Britain’s Healthiest Company receives a detailed report, as well as unique benchmarking information, that can be used to inform future HR and People strategies.

Angela Hamlin, HR Director for the pharmaceutical sector commented:

Our work doesn’t stop here. We will build on the success of these awards and use the information from this survey to guide us as we continue to support our people and their families to live longer, healthier and happier lives.

Johnson & Johnson is the largest single investor in life sciences in the UK, supporting more than 17,000 jobs either directly or indirectly. As an industry leader in health & wellness, Johnson & Johnson’s ambition is to have the healthiest workforce in the world. It believes that a happy and healthy workforce will help achieve its mission to help people all over the world live longer, healthier, happier lives.