Fit bonus: “Get healthy at work”

For 9 months, the participants follow a personal trajectory in which they move more, but also eat healthier and get enough sleep. The Fitbonus should ensure less staff loss due to stress or burnout.

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Construction company Braet in Nieuwpoort is one of the 70 West Flemish companies participating in the Fitbonus. Three out of four white-collar workers will work here for 9 months to become fitter, physically but also mentally.

“We get access to a portal where online workshops are posted. We can watch and listen to them without obligation at the appropriate times and in this way we are informed about certain topics: sleep, nutrition, those things,” says Charly Braet of Bouwbedrijf Braet. .

“Get healthy during working hours”

One in six working Flemings suffers from burnout complaints or is at risk. Companies must therefore also pay attention to the social well-being of their employees.

Hilde Crevits, Flemish Minister of Welfare: “It’s also about getting healthy during working hours and making it clear to entrepreneurs if you give your people the time and opportunity to take a walk or chat informally that this leads to greater joy at work. work and better employees.”

Every participant of the Fitbonus can have his or her biological age measured, and also receives a personal coach. The intention is that participants of the Fitbonus afterwards help colleagues and give tips to feel good about themselves.

“I learned a few months ago that I too can walk against the wall. But since then I try to take time to exercise and relax. The arch can’t always be tense and your body sometimes needs time to recover.”