Towards stronger work ability
Work ability is a person’s capacity to work and succeed also in changing circumstances. Good work ability requires a balance between an individual’s resources and work. In the midst of changing working life, looking after work ability and its sustainability is not easy. At Varma, we help you identify disability risks and prevent and manage them using well-targeted measures, and we help you find solutions to individual employees’ work ability issues.
Identify workload factors and lead your company towards better work ability
Regardless of the profession, tasks or employee’s work experience, every job has workload factors. Workload factors are work-related physical or psychosocial factors that require physical or mental effort from the employee. Not all strain is harmful, but excessive or prolonged work-related strain can cause the employee, for example, exhaustion, exertion and stress which weaken work ability. The employer has, however, many means and also the responsibility to address harmful workload factors.
Know your organisation’s work ability situation and individual cycles
What if the members of your work community better understood each other’s varying work ability cycles and when and how each person is at their best and what kind of support is needed in different situations? This understanding could help you work more smoothly both together and as individuals. Increased understanding could help all of us take better care of others, ourselves and our workplace.