Archive for October, 2008
Corporate Wellness Programs Discussed at World Health Assembly
The 61st annual World Health Assembly is taking place this week in Geneva, Switzerland and at this assembly; the World Health Organization (WHO) is presenting its report titled “Preventing Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) in the Workplace through Diet and Physical Activity.”
The report calls for Corporate Wellness Programs to be promoted and implemented worldwide.
Importance of [...]
Corporate Wellness Program ROI
Corporate Wellness Program ROI: Fact or Fiction?
Corporate Wellness Programs … do they offer a strong return on investment? This is a question that we are sure goes through ever company’s mind. HR Magazine addresses the Corporate Wellness Program ROI topic in their June 2008 issue.
Corporate Wellness Program ROI: The Bottom Line
According to [...]
Summer Time Wellness
Wellness During the Summer Time
Wellness is important all year long; however if your staff members haven’t gotten on the Wellness bandwagon, then now is the perfect time to get them there.
Summer Time is an ideal time of year to get back into shape and enhance overall Wellness. The weather is beautiful, staff members [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs in a Down Economy
Corporate Wellness Programs and Health Care Costs
Corporate Wellness Programs are more important now than ever. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, with the troubles in the economy it seems that the costs of corporation offered healthcare keep continuing to grow and it doesn’t seem like it is going to change. The [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs Result in a Healthier Bottom-lines
Corporate Wellness Programs are a fantastic investment, at least according to Lincoln industries in Nebraska. CNN reported on this 565 employee company their committed investment in their worker’s wellness.
Corporate Wellness Programs are part of company Culture
The Corporate Wellness Programs, according the story, has been in place for 16 years at Lincoln, and it [...]
Advantages of Corporate Wellness Programs
Corporate Wellness Programs Becoming Increasingly Popular
Corporate Wellness Programs are Becoming Increasingly popular outside the workplace, showing the ever-increasing importance of disease prevention and health risk management. Private insurance corporations, as well as state Medicaid and Medicare offices are working on ways to enhance the health of the people they insure in hopes to save [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: The Bottom-Line Booster
Corporate Wellness Programs are proven to improve productivity and lower healthcare costs. For a business, that makes a difference in the bottom-line. Today, more than 81 percent of America’s businesses with 50 or more workers have some form of Corporate Wellness Program with the most popular being exercise, tobaccos cessation classes, back care programs, and [...]
Corporate Wellness Program Tends
Corporations are no longer able to trim extra savings out of their medical insurance programs, and most companies have been cost shifting, asking workers to cover more of their healthcare costs. Health insurance costs continue to climb (10 percent or more per year) at 2-3 times the general inflation rate. With nowhere else to turn, [...]
Establishinging a Corporate Wellness Program
Corporate Wellness Programs start and end with individual health. Individuals, after all, are able to make decisions about maintaining and / or improving their health and wellbeing. Employee Corporate Wellness Programs must therefore provide the tools and resources necessary to assist and motivate individuals to actively participate in the program.
Individual health is only [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs for Small Businesses
Studies suggest that for every $1 invested in Corporate Wellness Programs, a corporation saves $3 to $5 in health and safety costs. Corporations that invest in Corporate Wellness Programs reap the financial rewards through savings on healthcare costs, disability pay, rates of absenteeism, turnover and safety problems.
workplaces have already proven to be a great [...]
