Employer-sponsored wellness programs encourage employees and their families to adopt healthier lifestyles through various programs, and can help reduce your health care costs, decrease your short- and long-term disability claims, and positively impact absenteeism and presenteeism.

Wellness programs aim to improve employee health and reduce the risk of disease by changing employee health behaviors, as well as the workplace environment and culture. Program components — including employee assistance programs (EAPs), health risk appraisals (HRAs), and immunizations (such as flu shots) — are typically part of an organization’s overall strategy for workplace wellness. A comprehensive wellness strategy includes program goals, a multi-year business strategy, and metrics to measure return on investment (ROI). When well designed, wellness programs can help improve the health and productivity of employees while delivering financial results to the organization.

Buck can help you:

• Develop a strategic business plan for wellness
  
• Assess current programs and identify areas for improvement
  
• Design programs that motivate your employee population
  
• Help ensure the success of your wellness programs

Learn more about Buck’s wellness services

Explore how we helped one client use an integrated approach to control health care costs and improve employee wellness

Discover how we helped one client incorporate wellness into annual enrollment

Read how workplace wellness programs can benefit senior management, employees, and shareholders

Read about health care consumerism from the employer’s perspective

Listen to a recording of Buck’s October 15 Webcast — Announcing the Results of Buck Consultants' 2008 Global Wellness Survey

For more information

Contact Barry Hall (617.275.8033 or barry.hall@buckconsultants.com) or your Buck account manager to discuss how we’ve helped clients implement successful and measurable wellness programs.