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.
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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. [...]
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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?
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Even in an at-will employment environment, people are still guarded from discrimination (including wrongful termination) by virtue of belonging to a protected class. Prior to implementing a Corporate Wellness Program, organizations need to be aware of the relevant legal restrictions and the potential affects these measures can have on benefi ts and employee behavior programs.
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For many corporations, a smoking ban would not even apply to all workers. That is because currently 30 states and the District of Columbia prevent corporations from banning off-duty smoking.21 Additionally, 13 states prevent corporations from banning alcohol use away from work. Only six states have broad statutes that prevent corporations from prohibiting any lawful [...]
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Unless specifically stated otherwise, most organization-employee relationships in the U.S. are governed by the principle of at-will employment. Under this system a organization, or the employee, can terminate the relationship without any necessitated showing of cause. This at-will standard gives private corporations substantial power in governing the behavior of workers. In this environment, corporations can [...]
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1. Undertake a utilization assessment – While companies can’t obtain medical information on individual employees, insurance providers will supply companies with reports that detail patterns and rates of employee use for things such as physician visits, hospital stays and drug use. This information is essential for a organization to set a benchmark of its current [...]
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Company Wellness Programs first became popular during the economic boom of the late 1980s and early 90s. Programs featured onsite gyms and massages, and were used as recruitment tools for young staff members searching for nontraditional work environments. However, when the tech bubble burst, so too did the willingness to spend money on perceived perks, [...]
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