All your questions about the workability check answered

What is the workability voucher? Workability cheques are subsidies from the Flemish government that stimulate organizations to focus on workability. Decheques can be used to increase workability on the shop floor or to identify and tackle pain points. You can get up to €9,000 support with these subsidies.

Why commit to workable work?

Workable work is about being physically and mentally healthy and satisfied at your job. For example, you may like your job, but it is not always workable. Workable work consists of 4 basic characteristics: work stress, motivation, learning opportunities and work-life balance. Below you can read what this means for each characteristic.

1. Preventing overwork: work should be structured so that it does not lead to excessive stress and pressure in employees. Here we look at managing work pressure and creating a balanced work environment.
2. Job satisfaction and motivation: work can bring joy and motivation. This involves employees performing tasks that challenge, interest and satisfy them.
3. Learning opportunities: work should provide you with opportunities to stay up-to-date and continue to develop yourself in a rapidly changing work world or VUCA environment. This can be done by offering and encouraging training, continuing education and personal growth.
4. Work-life balance: in addition, work should leave enough room for a healthy balance between your professional and personal life. This requires flexibility in working hours and support for employees to balance their personal and professional obligations.

Workable work is not only important for the well-being and satisfaction of your employees, but it also contributes to the productivity and success of your organization by retaining motivated staff and creating a positive work environment. With the action plan 'Together a gear higher for workable work', the Flemish government wants to encourage and support organizations to identify workable work and improve working conditions.

What can you buy with your workability check?

You can use the workability check for:

• Purchasing a measurement or scan to identify workability levels.
• Guidance on how to perform a scan or measurement.
• Purchasing advice, guidance and/or training, with particular attention to the psychosocial well-being of employees. This includes adjustments to work positions, competency building and addressing policies around psychological well-being.

Who is eligible?

Sole proprietors, SMEs and large companies (with at least 1 employee) from the for-profit and social-profit sectors can apply for the check. Public organizations are excluded. Moreover, the check is also one-time use. This means that you may make a maximum of 1 purchase with your employability check where you can receive up to 9,000 euros in financial support.

How can you apply for the workability voucher?

The workability cheques can be applied for online via ESF Flanders. To do so, you must first register your organization, after which you can submit the application. Click here for the manual to apply for your employability cheques or read more on the website of the Flemish Government.

When?

You can apply for workability vouchers until July 31, 2024. For 2024, the Flemish Government has released a budget of 3 million EUR. When a maximum of EUR 500,000 is still available, they will issue an update on this.

Can you use your workability check at BloomUp?

For sure! You can purchase all of our products with the workability check. These range from our digital coaching platform for personal development and wellness to online therapy and our wellness scans. What does it include.

Our digital coaching platform lets employees not only tackle today's challenges, but also discover opportunities for the future. With various pathways, skills, podcasts and mindfulness exercises, your team works on mental resilience at their own pace. Our mix of learning styles and optional online guidance from coaches, licensed clinical psychologists or psychotherapists increases impact, provides depth and delivers better long-term results.

Through a well-being scan you objectively map the well-being and workability of your organization in order to take targeted action. Would you like to know more about this? Then be sure to read our blog on well-being scans or visit our website.

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