Sleep is a crucial habit that underpins success in professional and personal lives. It is critical to our mental and physical well-being.
By supporting a work environment more conducive to increased well being, employers will go far in creating a more productive, healthier and safer work environment.
The negative impact of fatigue, poor sleep and sleep deprivation are well documented. It’s been shown to damage our memory and cripple our thinking, problem-solving and reasoning abilities. Sleep deprivation also affects our motor skills.
Issues associated with poor sleep include road accidents, anxiety and psychiatric illnesses, drug abuse, increased mortality, increased healthcare costs and direct economic costs. A decline in overall wellbeing, performance and productivity are also linked to insufficient sleep.
Nearly half of adults and 65% of teenagers agreed that a lack of sleep adversely impacted their mental health, according to the Mental Health Foundation.
While there is no specific legislation regarding sleep, employers are required to maintain their employees’ health and safety. Supporting a well-rested workforce is critical to achieving this goal, and this course helps in doing that.