Workplace health and wellness programs have become very widespread. Read about the benefits of health and wellness in the workplace on the insurance blog now.
Surveys conducted in the last 18 months by “Steps to a Healthier Pennsylvania-Luzerne County” shows companies “are just becoming aware,” of health and wellness the workplace, says registered nurse Midge Berfield. Programs like Steps to a Healthier U.S. have been set up to help Americans live longer, healthier lives, and employee health and wellness program coordinators are taking notice.
The Benefits of Starting an Employee Health and Wellness Program at Your Company:
- Companies have everything to gain by setting up a workplace health and wellness program. An employee health and wellness program is a great incentive to new hires, rounding out your other company benefits.
- Providing flu shots, blood pressure checks, cholesterol screenings, body/fat ratio assessments, smoking cessation programs and free mammograms to employees as part of a health and wellness in the workplace can help save on rising company health insurance costs.
- Health and wellness in the workplace promotes employee attendance, say the experts. Reduced workplace accidents and a general improvement in overall employee health and wellness in the workplace helps prevent employee absenteeism.
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