Wellness programs have become markedly more prevalent in recent years, with many more employers relying on these programs as an important complement to their benefits strategy, and an effective tool in managing the health of their employees and their productivity and benefits plan costs. However, many smaller or mid-sized organizations, though definitely interested in employee wellness, struggle with how to best integrate an effective approach into their benefits offering.
Employers' views of wellness have evolved over the last few years.
Manulife has entered into a three-year sponsorship as the Mental Health at Work Champion of Excellence with Excellence Canada to help improve the mental health of Canadians within the workplace.
I recently attended CPBI’s Forum in Boston. A theme that emerged loud and clear from the majority of the speakers on the topic of benefits was that employers need to take a more active role in helping their employees manage the chronic conditions with which they are living and working. I wholeheartedly agree. But what if these employees struggle with health literacy?
Nearly 300,000 employees from more than 1,200 organizations in 185 countries and across every industry have signed up for the Global Corporate Challenge.
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Smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet and unhealthy alcohol consumption are sending Ontarians to hospital for more than 900,000 days a year, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa.
When it comes to maintaining and improving employee wellness, mental health has become a lead topic for employers and benefit providers—and with good reason.
Mental health has a large impact on workplaces.