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BEST PRACTICES OF CORPORATE WELLNESS PROGRAMS

BEST PRACTICES OF CORPORATE WELLNESS PROGRAMS

Increasingly, companies are recognizing that ensuring the health and well-being of their employees can improve their profitability. In order to facilitate a healthy workforce, companies are turning to wellness programs to provide a portal through which employees can gain access to health and well-being resources. This research considers the best practices of corporate wellness programs.

There is no single definition for what constitutes a corporate wellness program. A corporate wellness program can encompass activities as diverse as providing on-site massages and an on-site exercise facility to providing memberships at gyms, nutritional information and psychological counseling. Regardless of the components that are included, all corporate wellness programs have as their goal the overall improvement of the health of their employees. This is not an altruistic goal; rather, companies are increasingly recognizing that a largely sedentary work environment and the availability of high-fat snack foods contribute to the overall decline in the health of American workers. This results in increased sick days and increased medical costsùboth of which often cost companies either cash or lost productivity. By seeking to improve the overall health of their employees, companies are seeking to improve their own efficiency and effectiveness, as well ("Corporate Wellness" 1).

Although the exact nature of corporate wellness programs can vary greatly from one company to another, there are some key features that can help companies create successful programs. These features include assessment, communication, incentives and feedback (Cox 1).

Assessment needs to be done by the company to determine what it wants the goal of the corporate wellness program to be. The assessment needs to take into account the budget that the company is willing to p

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