Prevention & early detection
Spot problems before they turn into absences.
The legal references on this page relate to German law.
What it is about
Prevention and early detection run through the occupational-health service: health check-ups, vaccination campaigns, eye and hearing tests, screenings. They bring health to where many would otherwise not take care of it — to the workplace.
Why it pays off
Many illnesses can be treated cheaply early and expensively late. Low-threshold prevention at the company significantly increases participation, reduces severe courses of illness and signals genuine care.
Measures for Prevention & early detection
Prevention and early-detection measures for the company:
Heat Protection Measures
Heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer, and more extreme — and employers are obligated, both legally and as a matter of basic decency, to protect their …
The Health Day That Actually Works
The most visible BGM event of the year – dosed correctly: a focused health day with preventive care offerings has a stronger impact than an overloaded program.
Health Screening
In Germany, preventive care often fails not for lack of awareness but for lack of an easy path. Anyone who has to arrange their own doctor's appointment for bl…
Upfit Holistic Prevention Program (Nutrition & Exercise)
Holistic digital prevention program for employees: the program combines a twelve-month nutrition coaching plan via the Upfit app with a certified online exerci…
Flu Vaccination Campaign
Flu waves cost companies in Germany millions every year through absenteeism – and a significant share of these losses is avoidable. The workplace flu vaccinati…
First Aid Refresher
Basic first-aider training is mandatory. What happens afterward is often forgetting. The refresher picks up where the original training left off – with what ha…
€0 · freeHealth Newsletter
Internal communication in a BGF context is often either too infrequent or too boring. The health newsletter is neither — if it's done right: compact, relevant,…
€0 · freeSmoke-Free Support
Quitting smoking is one of the most effective health decisions a person can make – and one of the hardest to carry out alone. Workplace support measurably chan…
Where do you stand on Prevention & early detection?
The self-check places you across all 10 action areas.