Health management

At Deutsche Post DHL, employee health protection encompasses occupational and socio-medical consultation, checkups and preventive services. These services are provided by company doctors, physiotherapists, safety engineers, occupational safety experts and social consultants.

In the following section, we present our areas of prevention and detail examples of related activities:

• Cardiovascular examinations at the company: heart checkup in the company, lab checkup, lung-function tests, ECG monitoring, various endurance sports like cross-country skiing, Nordic walking, water exercises, aqua jogging, information about the causes and prevention of cardiovascular disease, including psychosocial factors
• Nutritional checks at the company: individual dietary assistance for obesity, a low-cholesterol diet, healthful breakfast (joint event with advice on a healthful diet, etc.), liver check, glucose check, information on BMI, various talks (also on diabetes)
• Cancer examinations at the company: checkups for breast, skin, colon, prostate cancer, respiratory checkup (carbon monoxide measurements), liver checkups, addresses
• Exercise: back examinations, back gymnastics, gymnastics on the job, back exercises, exercises with the Thera-Band, isometric exercises, Pilates, Nordic walking, trial lessons in golf, dancing, swimming, hiking with colleagues and other endurances sports
• Muscle and skeletal system: back checkup, information about the cause and prevention of back problems and low-impact sports
• Addiction: smoker assistance, information about alcohol, drugs, medication, prevention of addiction for apprentices, liver checkup and lung tests
• Stress and mental strain: conflict management/mediation, stress seminar, autogenic training, breathing techniques, Feldenkrais, yoga, tai chi, Qi Gong, salutogenetic subjective work analysis (SALSA), work ability index (WAI), progressive muscle relaxation, hiking, bow sports
• Immunizations and inoculations: immunization checkup, flu shots, medical travel advice, FSME, information about prevention of acute chronic infectious diseases (i.e., HIV/AIDS)
• Healthy skin: skin checkups, skin protection, vein screening, various talks (on such topics as sun protection)
• Ergonomics: various talks (on such topics as computer desks, safety shoes), lifting and carrying
• Eyesight and hearing: eye checkup, scotopic vision, field of vision measurements, measurement of intraocular pressure, vision testing, hearing checkup (audiometry), various addresses (e.g., dry eye, computer desks)
• Occupational safety: behavior toward dogs, lifting and carrying, driver safety training, various addresses (on such topics as industrial safety law)
• Healthy feet: foot pressure measurement, medical foot care, various addresses (on such topics as safety shoes)
• Behavioral prevention/threat estimation: WAI, SALSA, behavior after accidents, voice training (call center), noise avoidance in the office, crisis intervention, various addresses (on such topics as harassment and non-smoker protection)
• Sleep health: consultation/examination of sleep health, various addresses on sleep health (including shift work)
• Examinations: various work-related/preventive and sociomedical checkup

The aim is to link prevention on the job to employees' private lives and to motivate employees to act this way by introducing such programs as '3,000 Extra Steps', 'Back Check at the Company' and 'Riding Your Bike to Work'. Other programs are introduced locally, including joint runs for beginners to half-marathons, a soccer and cheerleading event and 'Family Day'. We also provide our employees with reduced-rate memberships at selected fitness clubs. In designing the focal points of our health-promotion activities, we work closely with our company health insurance fund – Deutsche BKK.

The company’s social counseling service provides advices and support about Addiction problems:

• Physical, mental and psychosomatic problems/illnesses
• On-the-job problems and conflicts
• Company change processes and integration into the company environment
• Problems in private life and financial problems
• Accidents and traumatic events (crisis intervention)
• Situational support of active employees in the course of the professional life cycle
• Company-focused orientation and support of new employees
• Mediation in such areas as company change processes
• Support of employees who are leaving the company
• Role in health management through support of activities of the health committee and moderation of health groups.
• Counseling and support for managers and company leaders experiencing social problems/conflict from and with individual employees or groups.

As part of health management, Deutsche Post DHL works with various social organizations:

• Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, e.g., through information campaigns and support of the global “Race for the Cure” and the “3-Day-Walk for Breast Cancer.” In recognition of our commitment, we became the first non-American company to receive the Komen Community Service Award.
• German bone marrow database: Employees of Deutsche Post DHL have repeatedly taken part in campaigns to identify potential bone marrow donors. The company assumed the costs of these efforts.
• GBC Health
  
• Enterprise for Health
• Companies for health
• Network against colon cancer
• Board of the German Heart Foundation
• Occupational Health Network of PostEurop