Why Workplace Wellness

Worksite wellness has become a national imperative.

Unhealthy lifestyles are to blame

For most organizations, health care expenses are second only to payroll and consume up to half of corporate profits - and unhealthy lifestyles are the root cause.

"We think that improving employee health is the biggest bet an organization can make, and we challenge other organizations to pursue that goal."
David Kasiarz, VP Compensation/Benefits, Pepsi Bottling

After years of grumbling about rising health care costs and fighting with insurance carriers over rising premiums, employers are taking a new tact:they're investing in their employees to encourage healthy lifestyles -- this investment is in the form of workplace wellness.

And the investment pays off, because healthier employees cost employers less, are happier, more productive, absent less, and have lower presenteeism.

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