This was her view expressed by BWU General Secretary Toni Moore, as she spoke during a recent Workplace Wellness in Action Forum at Solidarity House.
She emphasized that employee wellness must become a priority for all companies on the island and that achieving this will require a cultural shift.
“When the Barbados Workers’ Union conceptualised the need for a wellness programme, we understood that more than health, wellness had to be prioritised. We understood that beyond the distinction between health and wellness, the implementation of wellness would require a reorientation, a culture shift, to how we interacted in the world place as employers and employees.
“Don’t depend on people to do for you what you ought to be doing for yourself. We have, as employees, to take responsibility for actions that will improve our own wellness. But we recognise in the work environment, which is where the national wellness programme focuses a lot of its work, unless it is supported by leadership in those organisations then we don’t [advance]. Organisations have the responsibility to support good wellness practices along all nine dimensions,” Moore said.
