Dr. Shannon Guillot-Wright from UTHealth School of Public Health | How Workplace Systems Shape Health and Well Being

How can employers better understand the systems that shape employee health and turn that insight into safer, more equitable workplaces?

Christine welcomes Dr. Shannon Guillot-Wright of the UTHealth School of Public Health to explore how political and economic structures influence health outcomes far beyond clinical care. From paid sick leave and precarious employment to psychological safety and total worker health, this episode unpacks how workplace policy and culture directly impact long-term well-being.

When only half of health outcomes are tied to medical care, employers play a far greater role than they may realize.

“We don’t leave home and then come to work different people.”

This conversation covers:

• Why paid sick leave policies have ripple effects on families, finances, and long-term health
• The connection between psychological safety, trust, and injury reporting
• Why total worker health requires both culture change and policy change
• How employee voice can influence not just company policy, but public policy as well
  
  

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