Yayasan Pahang wins four awards

KUANTAN: YAYASAN Pahang (YP), took home four awards at Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace Summit 2019 held in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

YP was the only government agency in the country participating in the summit and was named Malaysia’s Healthiest Employer, Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace and Malaysia’s Most Improved Workplace, while its staff were judged Malaysia’s Healthiest Employees in the small organisation category.

The awards were a result of the Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality survey, which encompasses Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and saw participation from 426 organisations representing 26,456 employees.

YP was among 133 Malaysian organisations that included multinational companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, which were evaluated in this year’s survey overseen by AIA Vitality and RAND Europe. The win by YP has put the foundation on a par with other “Top Five” Malaysian organisations such as Dell and Nestle.

YP chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Mahmud Mohd Nawawi said the foundation participated in the competition to nurture a healthy lifestyle and produce quality employees.

He said in order to serve the community, the foundation had to ensure that their staff were well-cared for as they were the company’s greatest asset.

“Several categories were assessed, including work engagement, lifestyle, health, short-term work impairment, clinical health and mental health. While people often say that ‘good health always begins at home’, YP wanted to create a workplace that encouraged good health.

“There have been numerous programmes for our staff including talks on healthy eating habits to encourage a healthy lifestyle.”

The foundation also promoted healthy living through programmes such as FIT YP as well as seminars, dialogues, exercise sessions and engagements with employees.

“Staff medical claims at panel clinics dropped by 30 per cent, while insurance claims were reduced by 40 per cent. Last year, our hospital bills were reduced by 10 per cent, but this year we reduced it by 40 per cent.”

Mahmud said 30 per cent of their staff volunteered for physical activities. Those categorised as overweight followed a healthy eating plan by voluntarily participating in programmes or by going on a healthy diet.

“We encouraged staff to volunteer in our fun run, futsal, hiking, petanque, badminton and netball activities. Data compiled from the periodical BMI monitoring is presented to the CEO,” he said.

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