The question “do you smoke” on a job application is becoming even more important as Employers continue to feel the strain caused by Employees who smoke. It has been recognised that loss of productivity, increased absenteeism, and increases in health insurance premiums are all due to having smokers in your workforce. Consequently, employing an Employee who smokes can cost organisations over £3,000 per year.
According to the most recent studies, 68% of smokers have actually reported that they would like to be able to quit smoking; employers can now provide those smokers with the opportunity to quit through smoking cessation within the workplace.
NRT Direct has designed a new and unique customised Corporate NRT programme for Employees, typically providing employees with 6 or 12 week quit smoking programmes including their preferred NRT products, coupled with intensive support from Smoking Cessation Professionals at Clinics run on-site at the workplace. Employers, who elect to encourage their employees to choose a fresh, smoke-free future by sponsoring their staff, are able to quickly create significant mutual benefits for both the employee and organisation alike.
Organisations can empower their staff through a number of individually suited solutions, with the results boosting staff’s moral and self confidence, bringing non-smokers and smokers back into harmony, creating motivated staff, improving their health and your efficiency, whilst directly helping the Employee save money.
Trudy Sefton, Divisional Manager, said “we feel that this is an innovative and compelling Programme for organisations that are serious about the wellbeing of their employees and wish to include this in their Employee Benefit Packages. We have received strong interest from a number of Global companies who are only too aware of the benefits to both the employee and organisation”. The business case is clear.
You can find out more at www.nrtdirect.co.uk
NRT Direct will be attending the prestigious Employee Benefits Exhibition at the Islington Design Centre on 28-29th September.
Media Contact Information:
Name: Trudy Sefton
Website: http://www.nrtdirect.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 08000 33 75 90
Address: ELAP House, Fort Street
City: Accrington
County/State: Lancashire
Postcode/ZIP: BB5 1QG
Country: United Kingdom
