Wellness Programs Reap the Benefits of Health.

The concern for employee wellness is an increasing trend for American company. Why? the link between employee wellness and the bottom line is clear and consistent.

Companys who integrate wellness in their overall goals find they experience reduced absences, better morale, reduced health risks, and reduced health-care costs.

The purpose of this guide to is to encourage and help you launch your own Wellness Program. When you already have a program, but aren’t receiving the results you expected, perhaps some of the ideas and best practices in this toolkit will help you and your workers reap the benefits of a healthier workforce.

At least 50% of health-care expenditures are lifestyle-related, and hence, potentially preventable. Yet despite the $5,000 an typical business spends on healthcare per worker each year, most businesss are spending less than 5% of that on medical screenings and prevention.

The most extensive meta-evaluation of Wellness Program studies shows something very exciting! It shows that Wellness Programs are not only effective at assisting to reverse the rising spiral of health-care costs, but these programs are also becoming more effective. the typical cost-benefit ratio has increased from 1 – 3 for earlier programs to 1 – 6 today.

Simply put, the typical reduction in health-care costs, sick leave, disability costs, and workers’ compensation is more than 25% for well designed programs.

Corporate wellness provides a long-term approach for helping keep workers well. the single most important thing you can do for your workers is to start a Wellness Program now.