Netzwerk Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung [Network for Workplace Health Promotion]
The Network for Workplace Health Promotion is primarily an key information point to inform Austrian companies about workplace health, the added value of it, how they can improve the well-being of employees and how to go from theory to practice.
The network also offers the opportunity to obtain the “BGF” brand for one’s company by complying to a specific quality criteria. The brand can be obtained for three years and requires a renewal process thereafter. The network also announces an award for best practice projects of company health promotion.
The BGF Netzwerk offers information on how to promote workplace health and well-being – on one hand in the process of obtaining the BGF brand via compliance to quality criteria and on the other hand in their download centre, which includes a range of free handbooks, brochures and guidelines about health at the workplace. The term health means physical health and mental health including well-being in the German language.
Step 1: Go to the Download-Center of the BGF Netzwerk.
Step 2: Choose one or more of the learning resources:
- BGF-Handbuch (Handbook on workplace health promotion)
- BGF-Broschüre (Brochure on workplace health promotion)
- Broschüre Kombi-AG (Questionnaire about Work and Health)
- Broschüre Eval-KS (Analysis of paid sick leave at companies)
- Leitfaden Psychische Gesundheit (Guideline on Mental Health)
- Leitfaden Psychische Gesundheit – Führungskräfte (Guideline on Mental Health for Managers/CEOs)
- Leitfaden Psychische Gesundheit – Projektleitung (Guideline on Mental Health for Project Leaders)
- Nichtraucherschutz im Betrieb (Protection of non-smokers in the company)
- Alkoholsuchtprävention im Betrieb (Preventive Measures Against Alcoholism)
- Betriebe für Gesundheitskompetenz (Companies für Health Competence)
- Ökonomische Evaluierung – kurz (Economic Evaluation – short)
- Ökonomische Evaluierung – lang (Economic Evaluation – long)
- 15 BGF Qualitätskriterien (15 Quality Criteria of Workplace Health Promotion)
- Betriebliche Frauengesundheit (Women’s Health at the Workplace)
Step 3: Read through the resource and take notes.
Step 4: Reflect on your learnings and deduct concrete potential improvement/implementation steps for your company.
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Project Number: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-VET-
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