A recent Harvard Business Review article What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs? looked into creating a business case for investing in employee wellness programs. 

In the study 10 organisations were studied across a variety of organisations whose wellness programs had achieved measurable results.  In all cases, it was evident that focused education and personal discipline can change health risk factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, weight gain and alcohol use – and by extension, hypertension, high cholesterol, and even, depression. By reducing these health risk factors, each organisation experienced greater productivity, as the above health conditions are the greatest contributors to lost productivity. 

Companies estimate that moving 10% of their employees from high and medium risk to low risk yields an return on investment of 6 to 1.
The organisations in the study also reported on higher moral. Implementing a wellness program increased the potential to strengthen the organisation’s culture and build employee pride, trust and commitment.  The inherent nature of workplace wellness – a partnership between employee and employer built on trust.

The study found that workplace wellness is a monumental issue for employers. It showed that it is time for companies to play offense rather than defence...too much is at stake to be reactive.
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