Biometric Screenings are a fantastic tool for employers to utilize. Screenings are an easy way to get employees involved in your workplace wellness initiatives and learn more about their current health status. They provide helpful information for both employers and…
Corporate Wellness Seminars are a means to share health information with the employees and are becoming more and more common as employers recognize the long term benefits they provide to both employees and employers. Benefit to employers: Promotes positive image…
The philosophy of corporate wellness is that employee wellness and good health are the core of business and that encouraging a healthy, happy, productive workforce not only improves the lives of employees but also strengthens the value they bring to…
Majority (75 per cent) of high performing companies measure employee health status as a key aspect of their overall risk management strategy and pursue active wellness programmes to mitigate health risks and corresponding cost of health care. Download the full…
Malaria, other diseases and general poor health are major barriers to business efficiency and to national economic development due to staff abstenteeism and health experts say can be reduced by upto 30 per cent through workplace health programmes. Download full…
Neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain – how can working at a desk job be so painful? The answer is ergonomics, the science of coordinating physical working conditions to workers. The word comes from the Greek word ergon, meaning…
Effective communication can help you explain to your employees why you are doing a wellness program, – and more importantly, why that makes sense. Communicating about your wellness program is incredibly important and can truly make or break how effective…
An employer sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a work-based intervention program designed to identify and assist employees in resolving personal problems that may be affecting their performance at work. EAPs provide needs assessment, help, counseling, and referrals for…
When an employer implements a workplace wellness program, it typically does so for a specific reason – to reduce a health risk (such as obesity, physical inactivity or diabetes) for the workforce, to manage health care spending or as a…
Employee absences carry a heavy cost for many employers and have a large impact on revenue and productivity according to a study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) of 700 of its members. The National Wellness Survey…