Wellness Plan for Factory Direct

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According to Hareyah (2009), healthier employees will spend less time away from work; this can be the result of an effective wellness program. Sick employees who continue to present themselves at work can have a negative effect on employee morale. A company wellness program can improve the overall health and wellbeing of your employees. This can contribute to a decrease in presenteeism, and effectively increase employee morale. An ill employee can also cause other employees to fall ill, when they would otherwise not have fallen ill to begin with. Employee wellbeing and employee productivity are strongly connected. Hareyah (2009) also states that an effective employee wellness plan can “decrease stress, improve concentration, enhance communication between departments and employees, and improve the job satisfaction of employees”.

According to Loeppke (2011), many companies in the U.S. are being threatened by the increasing costs of employee illness. Companies have an important opportunity to improve the wellbeing of their employees, and even their employees’ families. Lowering medical-related costs will follow the implementation of a healthcare plan simply by changing the culture of their company to promote wellbeing. An effective wellness plan will include a thorough inspection of health-related benefits and creating rewards for participation in the plan.

The figure to the right represents research done by Recess Wellness (n.d.) regarding actual healthcare costs in relation to company participation in a wellness plan.

The next figure represents data collected by Gallup (2010) in a similar study.

According to Baicker (2010), “medical costs fall by about $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness programs. Ab...

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Loeppke (2011, April). Creating a culture of worksite health and wellness. Retrieved March 30, 2011, from http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=533334667.

The high cost of low employee wellbeing. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://www.newleafhealthconsulting.com/index.php?p=1_20.

Why wellness works. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://recesswellness.com/wellness3-benefit-of-yoga-corporate-wellness.php.

Workplace wellness plan saves money over the long-term, new study shows. (2010, August). Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100818151824.htm.

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