Employee Health | Wellness | HR Strategy | 2027 Reset

2027 Employee Health & Wellness Strategy Reset Seminar

From wellness activities to a healthy, resilient and productive workforce. A beginning-of-year seminar for HR and Employee Health & Wellness professionals.

Submit Speaker / Facilitator Proposal View Programme Outline

Workforce Wellness Risk Dashboard

Burnout Workload, pressure and emotional exhaustion

EAP Use Trust, access and integrated support

Absence Ill health, return-to-work and productivity

Managers Difficult conversations and referral pathways

Dates 3–4 February 2027

Venue Holiday Inn Johannesburg

Format Six Interactive 90-Minute Sessions

Speaker Status Call for Speakers Open

About the Seminar

Reset your employee wellness strategy before the year runs away

This beginning-of-year seminar is designed to help HR and Employee Health & Wellness professionals assess emerging workforce risks, refresh their 2027 strategies and establish measurable priorities before annual programmes and budgets are fully committed.

Call for Speakers and Facilitators

We have not yet confirmed speakers or facilitators for this seminar. SkillingSA invites experienced HR leaders, employee wellness practitioners, EAP specialists, occupational health professionals, psychologists, labour relations specialists, medical-scheme experts, OD practitioners and workplace wellbeing specialists to come forward and work with us.

Proposed contributions should be practical, South African-relevant and aligned to the seminar theme: building a healthy, resilient and productive workforce.

Send Your Speaker / Facilitator Proposal

Key Focus Areas

Current workforce risks this seminar will address

The programme responds to practical concerns affecting employee wellbeing, organisational performance and HR risk management.

Burnout & Psychosocial Risk

Moving beyond resilience talks to workload, pressure, communication, bullying, harassment and work design.

Employee Assistance Programmes

Rebuilding EAPs from underused helplines into trusted, integrated support systems.

Financial Distress

Understanding household pressure, debt stress and the impact on attendance, performance and wellbeing.

Chronic Illness & Absence

Connecting physical health, mental health, disability, absenteeism and sustainable return to work.

Wellness-Capable Managers

Helping managers have supportive conversations without becoming counsellors or therapists.

Data, Governance & Impact

Turning wellness calendars into measurable business-aligned employee health strategies.

Programme Outline

Two days. Six interactive sessions. Practical outputs.

Day One diagnoses the workforce risks of 2027. Day Two focuses on designing an integrated and measurable wellness programme.

Day One

Diagnosing the Workforce Risks of 2027

Session 1: The 2027 Workforce Health Check What should be on HR’s wellness risk register?

Session 2: Burnout Is a Work Design Issue Managing psychosocial risks, workload and toxic pressure.

Session 3: Rebuilding the EAP From an underused helpline to an integrated employee support system.

Day Two

Designing an Integrated and Measurable Wellness Programme

Session 4: The Healthy Workforce Chronic illness, absence, disability and sustainable return to work.

Session 5: The Wellness-Capable Manager Handling difficult conversations without becoming a therapist.

Session 6: From Wellness Calendar to Business Strategy Governance, data, impact and the 2027 action plan.

Seminar Visuals

Practical wellness strategy, risk mapping and workforce support

These visual panels represent the seminar’s focus on employee wellbeing, workplace risk, prevention, support pathways and measurable HR action.

Workforce wellness risk mapping for 2027

Integrated employee support and EAP redesign

Healthy, resilient and productive workplaces

Who Should Attend

Recommended participants

The seminar is designed for professionals responsible for employee health, wellness, people management, workplace risk and organisational support.

HR Directors & Managers

Employee Wellness Practitioners

EAP Managers

Occupational Health & Safety Teams

Employee Relations Officials

OD Practitioners

DEI Professionals

Line Managers

Delegate Takeaways

What delegates will leave with

2027 wellness risk map

Psychosocial risk framework

EAP evaluation checklist

Manager conversation framework

Return-to-work planning approach

Wellness performance indicators

2027 wellness action plan

Executive reporting priorities

No PDF brochure yet

This page is the current event information page. Speaker and facilitator contributions are still being invited.

Open Event Page

Contact SkillingSA

Register interest, enquire or propose a speaker contribution

Contact SkillingSA for programme enquiries, speaker/facilitator proposals, group interest and partnership opportunities.

Contact Details

Email: info@skillingsa.co.za Office: 010 012 6691 Mobile: 083 446 8533 Website: www.skillingsa.co.za

Follow SkillingSA

Stay connected for speaker announcements, seminar updates and upcoming SkillingSA programmes.