When BP Canada divested its natural gas businesses in the summer of 2010, it lost 75% of its workforce. At the same time, the company was positioning for significant growth through the development of new business. Employee retention and attraction became paramount, and benefits were put under the microscope.
Here are some stories about how various employers have improved workplace wellness.
When the City of Calgary conducted an employee wellness needs survey in 2011, one result served as a wake-up call: more than 60% agreed they would like to learn how to get more sleep and feel more rested. This prompted the employer of 16,000 to research the impact of poor sleep on health, safety and productivity—and what it learned could keep you up at night. Instead, that employer decided to do something about it.
Benefits Canada’s 2014 Healthy Outcomes Conference explored the return on investment in health and wellness programs—and how to create change for the better
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.
Keeping your employees healthy is a challenge. Learn from these employers’ strategies.