Healthy Work Environment
The physical work environment is more the space and equipment necessary to do the job. Elements of a healthy work environment include air quality, natural light, green spaces, and temperature. On this page, you’ll find training on how to cultivate a healthy work environment, resources discussing what a healthy work environment looks like, and how organizations can cultivate these spaces for their employees.
Featured Resources
Health-Promoting Workspaces is a free 20-minute course from the Center for Health, Work & Environment designed to help participants identify workplace design elements and best practices to improve health, productivity, and employee satisfaction.
A Total Worker Health® Approach to the Built Environment and Getting Outdoors at Work is a 56-minute webinar hosted by the Center for Health, Work & Environment. Join Health Links™, along with national and local experts, to learn more about creating a healthy and safe workplace indoors and out. After attending this webinar, you will be able to understand the different components of built environments and how they impact workplace health and safety, build strategies to enhance workspaces and encourage employees to get outdoors, and identify resources that can help you assess and enhance the spaces in which we live and work.
Other Resources
Ethics, Climate Change, and the Future of Work is a 1.5-hour webinar from the Center for Health, Work & Environment. In the premier webinar of this series, they focus on climate change and occupational health. The panel of experts provides insight on how climate change and weather-related injuries are showing up in the workplace and the ethical challenges associated with responding.