Enhancing Employee Health & Wellness Beyond the Workplace
Many corporate health and wellness programs focus primarily on supporting employees' attempts to achieve their health goals and adopt healthier lifestyles. These initiatives are often centered around improving the quality of life during work hours and within the workplace itself. However, companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of a healthy and hazard-free home environment in contributing to overall employee wellness.
3 Ways To Promote Wellness Incentives In 2017
Promoting wellness is a meaningful way for employers to provide incentives to employees that goes beyond basic compensation.
Wellness incentives’ purpose, application and how they are promoted may be changing this year, according to CIO, so understanding how and why will prepare your company to adjust for industry changes when they occur.
Engaging Millennials in Company Wellness Culture
Millennials are the hardest generational group to engage in workplace culture. They provide a challenge to every leadership team, culture committee and HR group around the country. But engaging millennials in your company culture can pay dividends, motivating them and connecting them to your organizational goals, which in turn can increase their productivity and retention rate. Wellness can serve as that common thread: it benefits both the organization and its millennial employees.
Holistic Health Starts At Home & Affects The Workplace
Employee incentive and wellness programs are constantly evolving. Total wellness should be a holistic process that starts and ends at home. A healthy home can help to prevent disease, support wellness goals and reduce serious injuries. Because so much of our lives is spent in the workplace, it is important to take a comprehensive approach to your employees’ wellness.
Employee Wellness Starts at Home
Corporate health & wellness programs focus on supporting employees in their attempts to reach health goals or to live a healthier lifestyle, but the majority of efforts are spent on improving the lives of employees during their workday and in the workplace: healthy lunch options, bike commutes, office gyms, etc. But companies are starting to look beyond the workplace to employee homes and the role that a healthy, hazard free home plays in their overall health and wellness. With most employees spending more than half of their lives in their homes, encouraging them to create and maintain healthy living spaces is becoming a hot topic.
