Archive for June, 2009
Employer Wellness : Company Wellness Program: Gather Data to Determine Needs and Expectations
Prior to you start drafting your Worksite Wellness Program you need to have a benchmark. Attaining a thorough needs assessment is vital to the performance of your wellness program for two reasons: First it ensures that your Worksite Wellness Program activities will be targeted to meet your company’s specific needs so that outcomes are able [...]
Employer Wellness : Employee Wellness Program: Form a Employee Wellness Program Committee
Securing an active Corporate Wellness Program Committee provides opportunities for both upper management and employee involvement in the program. The Committee should be a team of workers and managers who formally meet to plan activities to promote healthier employee lifestyles.
Typical Functions of a Company Wellness Program Committee:
• Reviewing needs & interests
• Brainstorming program ideas
• [...]
Employer Wellness : Corporate Wellness Program: Building Support for your Program
As with any program, the two key components for the success of your wellness program are senior staff reinforcement & employee involvement. Senior Management sets the vision and arranges the resources from which action plans flow. Genuine reinforcement from senior personnel also lends credibility to the wellness plan. It is key that senior staff be [...]
Employer Wellness : Employee Wellness Program Step 1: Set The Foundation: Build Support Among All Levels of the company
A key to a thriving Employee Wellness Program requires management responsibility and employee involvement.
Company Wellness Program Step 2: Create a Company Wellness Program Committee
An active Corporate Health Promotion Program Committee ensures employee participation, provides buy-in, management backing, and maintains a crew that is prepared to take action to launch wellness programs.
Worksite Health Promotion Program Step [...]
Employer Wellness : Workplace Health Promotion Program Design Options
The program design options hinge upon the goals and desired outcomes of your program. If your goal is to help employees change behavior, decrease risk factors, or save medical care money then your wellness program would be designed to accomplish those outcomes and a budget would be crucial to support that design.
There are different [...]
Employer Wellness : The Case for Workplace Wellness Programs
Major benefits of healthy workers include:
• Lower Health Care expenditures
• Lowered Injuries
• Reduced Absenteeism
• Boosted Morale and Loyalty
• Higher Productivity
• Diminished Use of Healthcare Benefits
• Reduced Workers’ Comp/Disability
• Positive Image in Community
• Reduced Turnover
• Better recruitment for competent staff members
What is NOT Having a Corporate Wellness Program Costing Your Company?
Consider the health risk [...]
Employer Wellness : What is a Corporate Wellness Program?
A Corporate Wellness Program is an all-inclusive program to help and support employees in establishing healthier lifestyles. This can include rising employee awareness on health topics, scheduling behavior change programs, and/or establishing company policies that support health-related objectives. Programs and policies that encourage increased physical movement, tobacco use prevention and cessation, and healthy diet selections [...]
Employer Wellness : Engaging Staff Members in Corporate Wellness Programs
Following cost, poor employee program engagement and inadequate discussions and support are listed as the greatest challenges for companies administering any health benefi t program.22
By law, companies are required to explain any benefits or explicit conditions of employment to all staff members – this is called “due process,” and it usually takes the form of [...]
Employer Wellness : Employee Health Promotion Programs and Protected Classes
Even in an at-will employment environment, individuals are still guarded from discrimination (including wrongful termination) by virtue of belonging to a protected class. Prior to starting a Workplace Health Promotion Program, employers need to be knowledgeable about the relevant legal restrictions and the potential affects these measures can have on benefi ts and employee behavior [...]
Employer Wellness : Worksite Health Promotion Program Local Considerations
For many employers, a smoking ban would not even apply to all employees. That is because currently 30 states and the District of Columbia prevent employers from banning off-duty smoking.21 In Addition, 13 states prevent employers from banning alcohol use away from work. Only six states have broad statutes that prevent employers from prohibiting any [...]