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The Healthy Workplace
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The Healthy Workplace

How to Improve the Well-Being of Your Employees – and Boost Your Company's Bottom Line

AMACOM, 2016 Mehr


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8

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Many top companies invest heavily in employee-wellness programs that help workers stay healthy and can reduce corporate health-insurance costs. Most firms with wellness programs discover that having healthier employees translates directly to having a healthier bottom line. Workplace sustainability expert Leigh Stringer explains why corporate wellness programs are good for companies and their employees and tells executives how to plan, organize and implement a wellness program. Some managers may have second thoughts about a few of these suggestions; for instance, letting workers bring their pets to the office might work better for small firms than big corporations. Nonetheless, getAbstract recommends this authoritative guide to leaders studying the pros and cons of creating programs that foster a healthier workplace.

Take-Aways

  • American firms spent $578.6 billion on group healthcare costs in 2012, up 72% from 2000.
  • Healthier employees are more productive.
  • A dollar spent on wellness lowers medical costs by $3.27 and absenteeism costs by $2.73.

About the Author

Leigh Stringer is a senior workplace expert for EYP Architecture & Engineering. She is a workplace sustainability consultant to higher education, government, corporate, institutional and private-sector clients.


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