Archive for December, 2008
Keys to Effective Corporate Wellness Programs
Collaboration and Effective Corporate Wellness Programs
Why should you collaborate?
Active, ongoing partnerships and cooperative efforts multiply Corporate Wellness Plan resources in order to better serve Employees and their families.
How can you build collaboration into a Corporate Wellness Program?
Get Ready…
• Brainstorm a list of every potential Wellness partner you can think of. Be creative!
• Be a politician: [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs – The Good and The Bad
Corporate Wellness Programs at the organization level are beneficial, right? Wellness statistics clearly show that such Corporate Wellness Programs are not only cost-effective to the organization but can assist the worker in developing a healthier lifestyle. With the rising cost of health care, Corporate Wellness Programs simply make sense. So where does the problem come [...]
Corporate Wellness Plan 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, decreased WSIB/WCB claims, lowered health and insurance costs, and improvements [...]
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 physical fitness-free.
Technological advances have lessened the need to “walk” at work. Moving a mouse has the same level of physical exertion [...]
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. Annually about 200,000 individuals in the United States are hospitalized and about 36,000 individuals die because of the flu. Most who die are 65 years and [...]