Why Have a Worksite Wellness Program?
| According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, worksite wellness promotes healthy lifestyles to employees and their families. Examples of wellness programs include such things as health education classes, subsidized use of fitness facilities, internal policies that promote healthy behavior, and any other activities, policies or environmental changes that affect the health of employees.
Worksite wellness affects your company's bottom line in many ways.
Here are 3 key factors:- Decreased healthcare costs
- Increased productivity and staff retention
- Better morale
Rising healthcare benefit costs are a significant concern and poor health habits and unnecessary medical care costs consume portions of our corporate resources as well as the employee paycheck. The worksite is an ideal setting for health education, health promotion and disease prevention programs. Employees spend many of their waking hours at work, nearing 50 hours per week. That's why the workplace is an ideal setting to address health and wellness issues.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services. 2009. |
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