Distinguish perk-led wellness from upstream work-design wellbeing.
The move: start with work design, then add support. Total Worker Health treats safety, health, and wellbeing as connected. It asks employers to integrate policies, programs, and practices that protect workers from hazards with practices that advance wellbeing. That sounds broad, but the practical difference is sharp: do not make the individual carry a problem that the system is creating. Work As A Determinant Workload, shift patterns, schedule control, manager behavior, job insecurity, benefit access, and social climate all affect wellbeing. If the program ignores those levers, it can look caring while leaving the main source of strain untouched. Controls…
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