A workplace wellness programme using wearable health data can reveal hidden heart risks among staff, according to an analysis published for Heart Awareness Month. The piece argues that South African employers should look beyond annual wellness days. Instead, they should ask what they actually know about their workforce's health.
From Sick Leave Data to Health Signals
The analysis uses an illustrative scenario to make its case. In it, a large financial institution finds that its customer operations division records sick leave at almost twice the rate of risk and compliance. Both teams work mainly at screens. However, customer operations works rotating shifts under high call volumes and constant targets.