b"PEOPLE| LEGAL SECTOR| 2022SUSTAINABILITY INSIGHTPHYSICAL WELLBEINGIntroduction Law firms have long understood the link between their teams health and the levels of engagement and productivity of their workforce. Many AusLSA members already recognise their broader obligations to their workforce. Health is a state of holistic physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Increasingly, medical researchers are finding new evidence of the interdependence between our physical health and other areas, including the resilience of our mental and social states.COVID has significantly shifted the way many of us work and the demands of our personal life which has combined with our personal choices to put pressure on our physical wellbeing.Law firms were one of the most proactive and most highly publicised groups responding to this unknown risk by closing offices and implementing remote working to protect the health and safety of their employees and clients.COVID lockdowns have affected many of the key foundations of peoples physical health. A wellbeing survey by CSIROs Total Wellbeing Diet found that: 47 per cent of people thought their levels of exercise was worse39 per cent reported that they had gained weight38 per cent felt they had less quality personal time36 per cent felt their diet was worse and32 per cent are not sleeping as well.Remote WorkingEarly evidence suggests that people have responded to remote working in different ways. Some report that the flexibility of home-based working and agile management provided better work life balance and allowed them to prioritise self-care, exercise and healthy eating. But others have found additional workload and family commitments has increased their unhealthy habits.Many people are finding that working from home makes them more sedentary by spending longer working hours at their desks with fewer opportunities for movement and exercise. These long intense hours in combination with personal commitments can reduce the amount of healthy leisure-time and lead to poor choices in other areas including nutrition and drug and alcohol abuse.In addition, many home offices are poorly suited for long habitation with poor ergonomics, lighting, heating and ventilation and opportunities for incidental movement.While some physical health issues can be overcome, many others have a significant and enduring impact on individuals lives and life expectancy as well as the collateral effects on the wellbeing of families and partners. Massages Life & TPD insurancePHYSICAL WELLBEING POLICYPHYSICAL WELLBEING PUBLISHED Ergonomics program - offsiteYES NO NOT RPT'D. YES NO IN DEVT.Subsidised health insurance Gym memberships Proactive health checks Internal exercise sessions Health EAP20% POLICYWellness awareness and promotion41% 56%Team events78%PUBLISHEDOnsite fruit and healthy catering2%Ergonomics program Flu vaccinations3%40"