Corporate wellness programs improve the bottom line. We here at Employee Wellness USA have always known that workplace wellness programs are beneficial to both employees and management. We’re just glad to see others realizing it as well.

There is a great article in the Kansas City Post this week about how corporate wellness positively impacts a corporations bottom line.

The article points out that corporations are coming around to the realization that a healthier workforce is a more productive workforce. Corporations are beginning to understand that by investing in the health of their workforce, they are actually investing in themselves. According to The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, corporations see a return of 3 to 6 times their investment in health and wellness programs.

Because of this, corporate wellness incentives, such as health and wellness program incentives and disease management incentives are up significantly this year.

Does your employer offer employee wellness benefits? If not, you should discuss these recent statistics showing how a small investment in worker health could actually turn a profit. Employers love hearing about how to make more profit!

If you need help convincing your employer, give us a call. With years of experience working developing employee wellness programs for major corporations, we can offer help guiding corporations to the most beneficial programs available both for the employees and the corporations themselves. We even offer free wellness proposals, so they have nothing to lose!

Wellness Programs

Wellness programs are a healthy investment, at least according to Lincoln industries in Nebraska.  CNN reported on this 565 employee company located in Lincoln, Nebraska and their serious and committed investment in their employee’s wellness.

Wellness Programs are part of Company Culture

The wellness program, according the story, has been in place for 16 years at Lincoln industries, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.  The company has three full-time employees dedicated to the wellness program and the wellness of the employees, who receive on-site massages and a round of instructor-led stretching before they start their shifts.

Wellness Programs Assessed

According to CNN, one of the stipulations of the wellness program, which employees are not required to participate in, is that they receive quarterly checkups where assessments are completed on their weight, amount of body fat and flexibility.  Based on these health assessments, the employees are then ranked from platinum all the way down to “non-medal”.  To become platinum level, where you receive a company-paid climbing trip, you must achieve certain fitness levels and be a non-smoker.  Smoking cessation classes are part of the wellness program.

Wellness Programs Bring Big Savings

The wellness program has been a wise investment for Lincoln Industries.  By having healthier employees, they have seen an average of $2 million in savings in health care costs per year.  The savings don’t stop there, since instituting a wellness program, workers’ compensation claims have gone from $500,000 per year down to less than $10,000 per year.

Wellness Programs are the Right Investment

EmployeeWellnessUSA.com was established to help companies like Lincoln Industries see the rewards and savings a wellness program can bring.  Employee wellness benefits everyone’s bottom-line with a decrease in loss wages due to illness or injury, employees see the ROI from their time and commitment.

Wellness proposals are available free of charge from EmployeeWellnessUSA and offer insight into the wellness program that is right for your company.  Contact one of our wellness representatives today and start seeing a healthier bottom-line.