Why implement a Workplace Wellness Program?

Submitted by jwarner on Sep 7th, 2009

Workplace
Workplace

 Employees are at work for 35% of waking hours
 A healthy environment can support long-term changes
 Employers have a financial incentive to improve employees' health
 Employees and Employer wins

Does your business have a workplace wellness program? If not, you may want to encourage it. "Well-designed wellness programs result in an average 25 percent reduction in health plan costs, sick leave, disability costs, and workers' compensation" -Chapman L. Art of Health Promotion Newsletter, July/August 2005.

For more information on workplace wellness, visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Healthy Minnesota Workplace Initiative website.

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