Archive for November, 2008
Corporate Wellness Programs: Corporate Wellness Program ROI
For well over a decade, research has been showing the effectiveness of Corporate Wellness Programs. For every dollar spent on Corporate Wellness Programs, the returns have been cost savings of between $2.30 and $10.10 in the areas of decreased rates of absence, fewer sick days, reduced WSIB/WCB claims, lowered health and insurance costs, and improvements [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Gold’s Gym Employee Wellness
Workers breathe life and value into your corporation. Within the modern worksite there are increasing instances of stress, anxiety, obesity, depression, and heart disease. The modern worksite has become increasingly exercise-free.
Technological advances have lessened the need to “walk” at work. Moving a mouse has the same level of physical exertion as pressing the buttons on [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Corporation Flu Shots
Flu Shot Facts & Myths
Myth: The flu isn’t a serious disease.
Fact: Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs, and it can lead to pneumonia. Each year about 200,000 employees in the U.S. are hospitalized and about 36,000 employees die because of the flu. Most who die are 65 years and [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Benefits of Corporate Wellness Programs
Benefits of Corporate Wellness Programs: Easy to Find
Employer’s are learning that Corporate Wellness Programs is an effective way to increase productivity, improve worker health, reduce medical costs and reduce rates of absence.
A report published in 2003 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlighted how important it is for employers to incorporate [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Future Developments, Directions and Challenges
Demographic and technological transformations are changing the nature of work in our society. As these changes occur the comprehensive model of Corporate Wellness Programs described above will evolve and continue to develop. If current trends continue, the workers of tomorrow will be older, more racially and ethically diverse, increasingly female, and will often be [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Integration of corporation and Community Resources
Worksites do not exist in a vacuum. They are part and parcel of the community in which they are located. Successful corporate administrators are cognizant of the need for positive community relations and should do what is necessary to promote good will. What better way to bridge relationships than by utilizing existing community Corporate [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Health Related corporation Policies and Procedures
At times Corporate Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the corporate image with little concern for improvements in worker health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing worker health and wellness, are organizations who have worked to include Corporate Wellness Programs into the corporation’s mission statement. With this [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Safe and Healthy Work Environment
The environmental conditions of the worksite can be divided into both physical and psychosocial domains, both of which influence the culture and climate of a worksite. The cultural norms of a workplace have been identified as powerful determinants of worker health and behavior (Baum, 1995). Ultimately, workers benefit most from a healthy, supportive; eustressful [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: worker Health Services and worker Benefits
Small and large organizations carry a significant proportion of the provision of health care for families in this country by providing medical insurance for their staff members. With the escalating increase in medical cost many organizations are attempting to slow the increase of medical insurance premiums by providing creative cost control initiatives. Greater emphasis [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: physical fitness and nutrition Programs
physical fitness and nutrition initiatives have demonstrated effectiveness in delaying the onset of worker morbidity while enhancing self esteem, stress management and general feelings of well being. Although many physical fitness and nutrition initiatives are instructional in nature, they should go beyond educational initiatives by providing enabling supports for the adoption of healthy behaviors. [...]
