Movement
Physical activity is the single strongest lever in workplace health management — and one of the few that statutory health insurers directly subsidise.
What is this field of action about?
Lack of movement costs companies a lot – through back complaints, cardiovascular disease and exhaustion. Yet it doesn't take a company gym: even short, regular movement breaks can reduce absence days.
Why does this field of action pay off?
Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common causes of absence days (DAK-Gesundheit 2025, German figures). Benefits within the workplace health promotion process are tax-free up to €600 per employee per year (§ 3 No. 34 EStG, German law) – gym or sports-club memberships do not count.
Measures for Movement
From back courses to running groups — these measures can be implemented immediately, and prevention courses are also available in certified form:
0 € · freeStep Counter Challenge
Step counter challenges have a bad reputation as mandatory wellness – and a good reputation as an entry-level format for anyone starting with WHP. When impleme…
Company Running Group
Company running groups are one of the most robust formats in WHP—not because running is particularly trendy, but because a fixed group with a regular meeting t…
0 € · freeBack-Fit Express
Ten minutes of back training may not sound like much – and that's exactly the point. If you think that effective WHP exercise requires at least an hour and a c…
0 € · freeWalk & Talk: The Meeting on the Move
Movement integrated into the work process: Walk & Talk meetings are a structural preventive WHP component – healthier and, for many types of conversations, eve…
0 € · freeStand-Up Meetings: The Shortest Meeting Is a Standing One
Setting-based prevention without extra effort: Standing meetings systematically reduce sitting time and can be anchored as a WHP measure in the area of physica…
0 € · freeMicro-breaks via reminder: Movement that reminds itself
Setting-based prevention that works in everyday WHP: microbreaks via reminders interrupt long periods of sitting – systematically, voluntarily, and in a way th…
0 € · freeStair Challenge: The Elevator Stays Put Today
Everyday movement that can be measured and documented: The stair challenge is an affordable, effective component in the WHP area of physical activity.
0 € · freeKilometre week: a week in which every journey counts
Exercise programs rarely fail due to lack of motivation and almost always because of scheduling conflicts. The Kilometer Week therefore requires no additional …
0 € · freeLunch Walk: Walking together instead of sitting
A simple way to systematically integrate physical activity into WHP: a regular lunch walk – low-threshold, easy to document, and an ideal introduction to the f…
Fitness Studio Partnership
Fitness offerings in companies often fail because they're too far away – in time, distance, or mindset. A partnership with a local studio or a network provider…
Outdoor Meeting Spots
Many of the most productive conversations in the office don't happen in the meeting room, but on the way there. Outdoor meeting spots formalize this effect: th…
0 € · freeCommute Challenge
The longest untapped block of movement in most employees' daily lives is the trip to work. The Commute Challenge makes it visible, comparable, and collective –…
0 € · freeTeam Walk
Not every team activity needs a measurable output. The team walk is an exception to the efficiency logic of everyday office life – and precisely because of tha…
0 € · freeEveryday Movement
The most common excuse for too little movement in the office is time. Yet an effective movement break doesn't require an hour, workout clothes, or a free after…
0 € · freeSOS Children's Villages Donation Challenge (powered by Move Republic)
An offer from SOS Children's Villages Worldwide: Companies launch a free movement challenge together with their employees via Move Republic and raise donations…
Bike Leasing (JobRad)
JobRad and bike leasing have long stopped being a niche benefit — they're a widespread benefit in companies of every size. The reason is simple: the bike belon…
0 € · freeA movement break without a fixed time: how it survives even in dispatch
In dispatch, customer service and shift work, movement programmes rarely fail because people are unwilling – they fail because of the calendar. When the truck …
0 € · freeDKMS Donation Challenge (powered by Move Republic)
An offer from DKMS: Companies launch a free movement challenge together with their employees via Move Republic and raise donations in the fight against blood c…
Mini Health Day (self-organized)
Setting aside half a day for health once a year sounds like a lot – and is in fact an effective investment in the workforce. Not because of the individual acti…
0 € · freeMicro-break Challenge (21 days)
The longest stretches of sitting don't come from laziness but from concentration. Deep in a task, people forget their body, the clock, and their back – until t…
0 € · freeCorporate Run Community (Move Republic)
Corporate sports are good. Corporate sports working toward a real race day are better. The Move Republic community combines regular joint training with the con…
0 € · freeMovement Challenge (Move Republic)
Corporate movement challenges work best when they have a clear goal, a fixed duration, and a social anchor. The Move Republic platform delivers exactly that – …
0 € · freeCARE Donation Challenge (powered by Move Republic)
An offer from CARE Deutschland e.V.: companies launch a free movement challenge together with their employees via Move Republic and collect donations for CARE …
0 € · freeMove Republic – moving together
With the Move Republic app, everyone in the company collects steps, distances and workouts and sees their own progress. People move together, in the company's …
0 € · free10-Minute Morning Workout
Ten minutes of movement in the morning is not a fitness programme – it is a starting signal. The Morning Workout sets a short exercise plan every day: upper bo…
0 € · freeMeasuring corporate fitness yourself: the numbers no provider gives you
Your provider reports sign-ups. What it does not report is how many of those people actually use the offer — and whether anything is moving on absence rates. Y…
0 € · freeSteps Week: One Week, Three Ways to Walk More
A single movement initiative can easily evaporate in a packed workday – but three that work together in the same week become the talk of the office. Steps Week…
Where do you stand on Movement?
The self-check (about 7 minutes) places you across all 10 fields of action.