Wellness Competitions Encourage Worksite Wellness Program Participation
Wellness Competitions Are Popping Up Everywhere
Wellness Competitions are definitely hot right now and they are encouraging more and more people to get healthy and live better. Whether it is a city or a school or a social group or even a whole state, competitive spirits are being ignited by the challenge to be the healthiest [...]
Worksite Wellness Program ROI
Worksite Wellness Program ROI: Fact or Fiction?
Worksite Wellness Programs … do they provide a strong return on investment? This is a question that we are sure goes through ever corporation’s mind. HR Magazine addresses the Worksite Wellness Program ROI topic in their June 2008 issue.
Worksite Wellness Program ROI: The Bottom Line
According to the article, titled [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: The Bottom-Line Enhancer
Worksite Wellness Programs are proven to improve productivity and decrease health care costs. For a business, that makes a difference in the bottom-line. Today, more than 81% of America’s businesses with 50 or more workers have some form of Worksite Wellness Program with the most popular being exercise, tobaccos cessation classes, back care programs, [...]
Worksite Wellness Program Tends
Businesses are no longer able to trim extra savings out of their health insurance programs, and most companies have been cost shifting, asking workers to cover more of their health care costs. Health insurance costs continue to climb (10% or more per year) at 2-3 times the general inflation rate. With nowhere else to turn, [...]
Establishinging a Worksite Wellness Program
Worksite Wellness Programs start and end with individual health. Individuals, after all, are able to make decisions about maintaining and / or improving their health and wellbeing. Employee Worksite Wellness Programs must therefore provide the tools and resources needed to assist and motivate individuals to actively participate in the program.
Individual health is only one [...]
Why Have a Worksite Wellness Program?
There are a number of reasons why a Worksite Wellness Program is beneficial.
1. Enhanced Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result the Worksite Wellness Program, you and your workers may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the business. Ultimately, one of the most [...]
Worksite Wellness Program: Conditions for Success
1. Senior management involvement in the Worksite Wellness Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps workers understand their corporations’ serious commitment to health. Workers need to perceive that their senior management, supervisors, and coworkers have positive attitudes toward health since these factors have all been associated with improved employee health [...]
Worksite Wellness Program, Worksite Wellness, Worksite Wellness Program Committee
Why it’s important and how to do it
The Worksite Wellness Program Vision
A Worksite Wellness Program vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and goals of your business’s commitment to creating a Worksite Wellness Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your business’s Worksite Wellness Program vision can provide a focus and [...]
Employer Worksite Wellness Program Committee
Sample Worksite Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion
Is your business’s Worksite Wellness Program Worksite Wellness Program Committee new? Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while? In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Worksite Wellness Program meetings. You [...]
Establishing a Worksite Wellness Program Committee
A representative Worksite Wellness Program Committee is a cornerstone of a successful Worksite Wellness Program, regardless of the size of the business.
Membership of your Worksite Wellness Program Committee
Aim for a committee of a manageable size (no more than 15 members, depending on your business’s size). Your Worksite Wellness Program Committee should represent all employee groups [...]