Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans
The Corporate Health Promotion Program Committee must set out a plan for the entire year that outlines accomplishing goals, as well as supplies details for marketing and evaluating the program. The plan is the detailed map of what types of programs will be available, when and where they will be scheduled, how they will be [...]
A Company Wellness Program without goals is somewhat akin to taking a family trip without any planning; you won’t know where you’re going, how to get there, what you want to do once you have arrived, or even whether or not you have arrived! The trip may end up ok, or it may end up [...]
Before you start planning your Company Wellness Program you need to know where you are now and then decide where you want to go. Completing a thorough needs assessment is vital to the effectiveness of your wellness program for two reasons: First it ensures that your Company Wellness Program activities will be targeted to meet [...]
Establishing an active Corporate Wellness Program Committee supports opportunities for both upper management and employee participation in the program. The Wellness Committee ought to be a group of staff members and managers who formally meet to plan activities to reward healthier employee lifestyles.
Typical Functions of a Company Wellness Program Committee:
• Evaluating needs & interests
• [...]
As with any program, the two most important elements for the performance of your wellness program are senior staff backing & employee involvement. Senior Management determines the vision and provides the resources from which action plans flow. Genuine backing from senior personnel also lends credibility to the wellness plan. It is key that senior staff [...]
A key to a thriving Employee Health Promotion Program requires management commitment and employee participation.
Company Health Promotion Program Step 2: Form a Company Health Promotion Program Committee
An active Employee Health Promotion Program Committee ensures employee participation, provides buy-in, management backing, and maintains a team that is ready to take action to integrate wellness programs.
Company Wellness [...]
The program design options hinge upon the goals and objectives and desired outcomes of your program. If your intention is to help workers make a change behavior, lower risk factors, or save healthcare money then your wellness program would be designed to accomplish those outcomes and a budget would be necessary to support that design. [...]
Major advantages of healthy staff members include:
• Decreased Healthcare costs
• Reduced Injuries
• Diminished Rates of Absenteeism
• Increased Morale and Loyalty
• Increased Productivity
• Reduced Use of Health Care Benefits
• Diminished Workers’ Comp/Disability
• Positive Image in Community
• Lowered Turnover
• Better recruitment for competent employees
What is NOT Having a Worksite Wellness Program Costing Your Employer?
Consider the [...]
A Company Wellness Program is a multi-faceted program to help and support staff members in establishing healthier lifestyles. This may include rising employee awareness on health subject matters, scheduling behavior modification programs, and/or establishing business policies that support health-related objectives. Programs and policies that encourage increased physical movement, tobacco use prevention and cessation, and healthy [...]
After cost, poor employee engagement and inadequate communications and substructure are listed as the greatest challenges for businesses administering any health benefi t program.22
By law, corporations are required to explain any benefits or explicit conditions of employment to all employees – this is called “due process,” and it usually takes the form of a packet [...]