Every effective wellness program should be using incentives. They are an important part in helping employees stay motivated to make long-term behavior change. But sometimes wellness incentive programs become THE wellness program. The wellness program management, or the tracking, awarding,…
The health and chronic disease prevention centers of America are now America's worksites. There's not a single group in America that does more to lower health care costs, promote health improve the health behaviors of our population than worksites. Our…
Wellness program incentives help employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors for the rest of their lives. Chronic diseases, elevated health risks, and many employee-related expenses are driven by unhealthy behaviors. Ask yourself these questions: Why do I exercise regularly? …
What is a Worksite Wellness Committee? A worksite wellness committee is a small group of employees who lead and participate in an employee wellness program. These committees provide leadership and oversight to help make the wellness programs effective. A worksite…
To offer an effective white label wellness program companies need to provide 3 things: Personnel that are qualified to plan and administer the program, Effective behavior change interventions or activities A web-based data platform to administer, communicate, and evaluate the…
Low employee output can often be attributed to staff members being physically present at their job but not engaging in work, a phenomenon known as presenteeism. The financial toll of presenteeism, primarily due to poor employee health, is believed to…
Dear Reader, Employee wellness programs can transform lives and create healthy employees. Done correctly, wellness programs can prevent disease and improve quality of life for millions of workers. Years of wellness research and real world experience have been applied to…
How to do Biometric Screening in Worksite Wellbeing Programs To better understand the importance of biometric screenings, I'll tell you a short story. A while back my neighbor asked, "Will you look at my car? It is spewing white smoke." He…
Throughout the past year WellSteps has been involved in the wellness vendor selection process in work sites in every state. We’ve kept track of corporate wellness companies that provide comprehensive corporate wellness programs. There are more wellness providers in this…
Do Corporate Wellness Programs Work? Investing in a company wellness program above and beyond basic insurance may have you wondering do corporate wellness programs work? There are hundreds of published research studies that prove corporate wellness programs can: Help employees…