Offering employees a sense of well-being and comfort

Equating well-being at work just to comfort could lock the employee in the proverbial golden cage. — AFP

Work happy to work better. According to a 2018 Harvard study, feeling happy at work increases productivity by 31% and creativity by 55%. The Covid-19 crisis supports this hypothesis. According to an Ifop survey, revealed last June, for 81% of workers, well-being at work is a priority.

“The importance of well-being at work is a recent process, ” outlines Isabelle Barth, university professor and researcher in management sciences. “A century ago, this would not have been an objective of bosses.”Before speaking about the well-being of workers, companies must first think about “safety in the workplace”. In France, the 1898 Workers’ Compensation Act marked the first turning point.