Health and Wellness Trends at Workplace in 2025

As we bid farewell to 2024 and step into 2025, everyone is gearing up for the opportunities and challenges of the new year. Employers, too, are preparing to redefine what health and well-being will look like in the workplace of the future.

Over the last five years, since the onset of Covid pandemic, there has been a discernible change in the needs and preferences of employees who are no longer focused only on compensation but are very much invested in their overall well-being including physical, mental, and emotional wellness and satisfaction at work.

Afterall, a salary raise is an annual event which may bring smiles on the faces of employees for a day, but ensuring best in class culture and workplace ecosystem, which is designed to derive the best in people, is an ongoing source of happiness for employees.

As organizations adapt to the emerging needs in overall employee wellness, let us dive into to check what to expect at workplaces of the year 2025.

Preventive Healthcare Takes Centre Stage

Curative medicine has historically taken precedence over preventive care in India as people never expect to fall seriously ill or were content with having hospitalization insurance for adverse situations.

However, the pandemic has exposed the need to invest into preventive healthcare spanning annual healthcare screening, nutritious and personalized diet, fitness, dental hygiene, eye examination, among others.

As per a recent survey, 40% respondents were keen to invest into preventative care and the sector is expected to reach $197 billion in the year 2025.

Forward looking organizations will facilitate timely and periodic preventive healthcare to ensure availability of a highly motivated and productive workforce, and these benefits are expected to become a critical part of wellness offerings at work.

Physical Fitness and Mental Health To Go Hand in Hand

Employees of today face a unique ordeal where both physical and mental health is under attack due to sedentary lifestyles, always ON mode using digital devices, stressful commute, personal issues combined with workplace pressure, thereby creating a lethal concoction that can derail the best among us.

While historically there has been focus on physical health and fitness, the workplace of 2025 will lay equal emphasis on the need to take adequate care of mental health to address acute burnout, stress and symptoms that may lead to chronic depression among employees.

Companies are expected to take a proactive approach by introducing virtual counselling using digital tools and AI to make timely interventions.

Think Beyond Hospitalization

Millions of Indians are warming up to elective healthcare treatments across domains like Dermatology, Aesthetic surgeries, IVF fertility procedures, hair transplant, alternate therapies like Ayurveda and Homeopathy, personalized fitness, and wearables.

Such healthcare services and products are expensive and remain outside the reach of many due to high upfront costs. Employers are expected to overhaul their wellness programs by partnering with new age healthcare tech companies to simplify access and affordability of elective care treatments which can go a long way in boosting employee morale, retention, and productivity at work.

Over 50% of the current workforce in many organizations is comprised of Gen Z and late millennials, where these elective and preventative healthcare services are much more frequent than events that require hospitalization. Building such tailored employee and wellness programs can create a massive impact across the workforce due to a much wider usage of such benefits.

Sustainable and Flexible Wellness Practices at The Workplace

Employers may continue to offer hybrid workplace working arrangements to enable employees to find the right balance between work commitments and personal life. Companies are also expected to invest in sustainable office designs, with adequate sunlight, greenery, open spaces, and superior air quality to make workplace a desirable destination for their employees, while promoting sustainable practices.

Companies may also invest in ergonomic office furniture, encourage standing desks and walking meetings to promote a culture of health, fitness, and collaboration among its employees.

Overall, the workplace of tomorrow will closely mirror the ongoing change in the needs and priorities of people when it comes to healthcare and wellbeing; organizations who invest in such programs will benefit immensely in becoming the employer of choice among Indians.

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