Wellness Program

Barb57

Our company of about 50 employees currently has no Wellness Program. There are about 40 employees in the home office and the other 10 are scattered in 10 other states. As the HR manager, I have been asked to research what other companies of this size are doing and provide some options to management. Is anyone offering cash to employees for meeting wellness criteria or cash for program activites (education workshops, health club dues, exercise equipment or classes)? I need something that would not take a lot of on site management, since I am in one of the other states! Thanks for your help and ideas.

marc

We are about the same size with ees scattered - all in the same state. Our program has some labor intensive aspects, so it probably would not work for you. I would ask though what goals you would like to meet with your program? Once you have your goals in mind, determine how far your company can go to achieving them. My biggest frustration with our program is that people do not utilize it even though they can earn up to $25 per month for achieving certain goals around activity, non-smoking, body mass indices, etc.

One of the low maintenance suggestions I have seen involves subsidizing gym memberships. Look at your budget and determine how far you want to go. By the way, I think it is a good idea to have the ee pay part of the fare to keep them invested in using the benefit.

Tony Kessler

Barb,
Do a search for "wellness program" in the search function to the bottom left of this screen. You'll find links to several previous discussions on this same topic. Hope this helps. tk

Tony Kessler, director of editorial
M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
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