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Tremendous benefits are gained from your investment in employee wellness. Improving employee health can be one of the greatest cost savings for businesses today. As employees become healthier, claims are fewer, insurance rates drop, and employees are more productive.

Consider these statistics:

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that for every $1 companies invest in wellness there is a cost savings of $3 to $6.
• According to Ron Goetzel, Director, Cornell University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies a company investment of $100-$150 per employee each year to participate in an employee wellness program can save companies $300 to $450 for each employee every year. The savings and are seen in reduced health expenditures.
• The Wellness Councils of America reported a $24 return for every $1 spent on company wellness programs for businesses.
• The Art of Health Promotion reported in a 2005 survey that companies who instituted employee health and wellness programs realized a 30% reduction in medical and absenteeism costs in less than four years.
• Benefits and Compensation Digest reported in 2004 that on average, businesses with health promotion programs achieved the following results:
  • 26% reduction in direct health care costs.
  • 30% cost reduction in worker’s disability and compensation.
  • 28% reduction in sick leave.
• Employees who increased exercise frequency from zero to one day per week, to more than three days per week decreased health care costs by $2,202 per year (Source: Managed Care, August 2004).
• Healthy nutrition and consistent exercise can have a substantial impact on chronic disease. A study of 3,234 individuals found that diet and exercise leading to weight loss can delay and possibly prevent type 2 diabetes (Source: National Institute of Health 2003).

Employer Benefits

• Lower health care costs to the business
• Reduction in use of health care benefits
• Increased energy and work efficiency
• Increased employee loyalty and morale
• Reduced absenteeism
• Improved employee retention
• Reduced injuries on the job

Employee Benefits

• Improved self-esteem
• Reduced stress
• Decrease in substance abuse
• Improved nutritional habits
• Increased interest in health maintenance and self-care
• Increased creativity and energy
• Decrease risk for diseases such as stroke, diabetes and heart disease
• Reduction in illness and injuries
• Improvement in personal fitness with increased aerobic capacity, strength, balance and flexibility
• Lowered blood pressure, cholesterol, and improved blood sugar levels
• Improved weight control

Success Case Study

In 1982, a large Houston corporation lost several top-level executives to heart disease. The corporation faced 30% increases in health care costs for the remaining workforce.

The company invested $46,000 in a wellness program that included classes in weight control, stress management, smoking cessation, nutrition and exercise. Approximately 200 employees participated in the six-month program and the results were astounding:

• 18% decline in sick pay hours
• 15% decline in total sickness-related costs
• 37% decline in total health care costs

In addition to the financial benefits, individual employee results were equally successful:

• 41% increase in exercise time
• 27% decline in smoking
• 69% of employees said they were more productive than before