Corporate Health and Wellness Programs – The Good and The Bad
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs at the corporate level are beneficial, right? Wellness statistics clearly show that such Corporate Health and Wellness Programs are not only cost-effective to the organization but can assist the employee in developing a healthier lifestyle. With the rising cost of medical care, Corporate Health and Wellness Programs simply make sense. [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Program Return On Investment (ROI)
For well over a decade, research has been showing the effectiveness of Corporate Health and Wellness Programs. For every dollar spent on Corporate Health and Wellness Programs, the returns have been cost savings of between $2.30 and $10.10 in the areas of decreased rates of absence, fewer sick days, decreased WSIB/WCB claims, lowered health and [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Gold’s Gym Employee Wellness
Workers breathe life and value into your business. Within the modern worksite there are increasing instances of stress, anxiety, obesity, depression, and heart disease. The modern worksite has become increasingly physical fitness-free.
Technological advances have lessened the need to “walk” at work. Moving a mouse has the same level of physical exertion as [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: business Flu Shots
Flu Shot Facts & Myths
Myth: The flu isn’t a serious disease.
Fact: Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs, and it can lead to pneumonia. Each year about 200,000 workers in the U.S. are hospitalized and about 36,000 workers die because of the flu. Most who die are 65 years and [...]
Advantages of Corporate Health and Wellness Programs
Advantages of Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Easy to Find
Employer’s are learning that Corporate Health and Wellness Programs is an effective way to increase productivity, improve employee health, reduce health care costs and reduce rates of absence.
A report published in 2003 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlighted how important it [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Integration of business and Community Resources
Worksites do not exist in a vacuum. They are part and parcel of the community in which they are located. Successful corporate administrators are cognizant of the need for positive community relations and should do what is necessary to promote good will. What better way to bridge relationships than by utilizing existing community Corporate Health [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Health Related business Policies and Procedures
At times Corporate Health and Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the corporate image with little concern for improvements in employee health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing employee health and wellness, are employers who have worked to include Corporate Health and Wellness Programs into the business’s mission [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Health and Safe Work Environment
The environmental conditions of the worksite can be divided into both physical and psychosocial domains, both of which influence the climate and culture of a worksite. The cultural norms of a worksite have been identified as powerful determinants of worker health and behavior (Baum, 1995). Ultimately, workers benefit most from a healthy, supportive; eustressful worksite [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: Counseling & Employee Assistance Programs
An employee’s psychological health can never be neglected in a broad-based model of Corporate Health and Wellness Programs. Originating out of a need for alcohol abuse initiatives in the worksite, today’s employee assistance programs (EAP) encompass assessment and counseling for substance abuse and dependency, stress related disorders, family conflicts and other personal issues.
Evidence of the [...]
Corporate Health and Wellness Programs: employee Health Services and employee Benefits
Small and large employers carry a significant proportion of the provision of health care for families in this country by providing health care insurance for their staff members. With the escalating increase in health care cost many employers are attempting to slow the increase of health care insurance premiums by providing innovative cost control programs. [...]
