The Healthiest Workplace Survey 2018 by AIA Vitality provides employers in Malaysia with an essential overview of their employees’ wellbeing and a greater understanding of the efficacy of their companies’ health interventions in the workplace.
The survey creates an awareness of the importance of workplace health and wellbeing among both employers and employees.
Rates of depression have fallen among Malaysians while stress levels remain steady.
Over 90% of Malaysians eat a poor diet, but more Malaysians are exercising regularly.
Fewer Malaysians are getting a good seven hours’ sleep compared to last year.
Of the countries surveyed, Malaysians lost to short term work impairment with an average of 73.1 days per employee per year.
This is a special supplement that AIA Malaysia worked on with The Edge, Malaysia’s leading business weekly to promote workplace health and wellbeing. The supplement contains the findings of the Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality 2018 survey with special focus on mental health and wellbeing at the workplace. Happy reading!
The Healthiest Workplace Survey 2017 by AIA Vitality provides employers in Malaysia with an essential overview of their employees’ wellbeing and a greater understanding of the efficacy of their companies’ health interventions in the workplace. The survey creates an awareness of the importance of workplace health and wellbeing among both employers and employees.
64% of Malaysian employees are physically inactive, yet close to a quarter of employers in Malaysia have no interventions.
90% of surveyed Malaysians employees do not eat a balanced diet. Their diets are poorest in the area of fruits and vegetables.
56% of Malaysian employees sleep less than seven hours a night, with more than half reporting poor quality of sleep.
53% of Malaysian employees are at risk of mental health issues, yet close to 44% of employers offer no interventions at all.
Malaysians lose 67 days a year to absenteeism and presenteeism.
This is a special supplement that AIA Malaysia worked on with The Edge, Malaysia’s leading business weekly to promote workplace health. It contains the findings of the Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality survey 2017. Happy reading.
Malaysia saw the greatest number of employers participating in the Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality Survey 2017 with 5,369 employees from 47 organisations in urban areas taking part.
The survey revealed some real concerns about stress in the workplace and issues surrounding sleep patterns. It is clear that Malaysia suffers from a culture of long working hours, much like its Asian counterparts of Hong Kong and Singapore.
Physical inactivity and poor nutrition are areas of concern for employers and employees alike.
Employers in Malaysia offer a generally good raft of wellbeing interventions with blind spots in mental health and physical activity.
* Note: AIA Vitality Age shows the impact of a range of lifestyle, clinical and mental wellbeing risks on an individual’s long-term health. The difference between a person’s AIA Vitality age and their actual age is referred to as their AIA Vitality Age gap. If a participant is particularly fit and healthy, their AIA Vitality Age could be lower than the actual age.