Health Promotion and Wellness Programs

Wellness studies conducted by the U. S. Public Health Service have identified three major categories of employees:

• 20% are at significant health risk and/or uninterested in wellness
• 60% are employees who are interested in establishing a preventive approach
• 20% are fit, have been involved in wellness and wish to maintain their progress

The primary emphasis of your company's program should be to those employees in the second category: the "near well". These people could prolong their lives, be more productive workers, use health insurance wisely, reduce their absenteeism and be healthier and happier by making some changes in their lifestyles.

The rationale for wellness programs rests on two major benefits: (1) there are tangible benefits to be gained, such as cost savings, and (2) there are intangible benefits such as improvement in employee morale. The extent to which your company/organization emphasizes each of these two major benefits will determine the success of your wellness program.

Tangible Benefits:

• Improve productivity
• Reduce sick leave/absenteeism
• Reduce use of health benefits
• Reduce workers' compensation
• Reduce injury experience
• Lower turnover (reduces high cost of recruitment and training)

Intangible Benefits:

• Improve employee morale
• Increase employee loyalty
• Reduce organizational friction, leads to productivity
• Improve employee decision-making

Benico, Ltd. has promoted the use of health promotion/wellness programs for years with its clients. We work with a number of third-party providers of such programs, including the following:

• HPN Worldwide
• Wellness, Inc.
• Lifetime Fitness

Contact Us

If you would like more information about Health Promotion and Employee Wellness, please contact us at 888-669-4883, or email us at info@benico.com.