Source: SentryHealth, Louisville, KY
What is this about?
This edition of ‘Connections newsletter’ provides a PDF file of a 24-page report of a survey of U.S. employers about their current and future plans for health and wellness activity that was released in February 2021. Unfortunately, the authors don’t tell you their sample size or “N”, or when the survey was performed, but there are a number of important early patterns and insights presented in the report. Employers who were surveyed were primarily 100 – 999 employees in size and primarily mid-west in terms of location. A wide range of industries are reflected in the data.
Some of these insights are as follows:
- 84% offer a wellness program.
- 62% of those do it to “improve overall well-being.”
- 25% of those do it to “lower health care costs.”
- 14% don’t offer a program and 56% of those don’t believe employees will participate, 31% cited the expense involved and 31% said that it is too hard to manage.
- 28% reported greater than 70% participation.
- 78% use incentives to increase employee participation.
- 58% of those use premium reductions and 41% of those use gift cards.
- Percent of employees affected by COVID-19: 86% mental health, 75%+ physical health and 49% financial health.
- Top 2021 concerns: 31% addressing COVID-19 concerns, 29% lowering health care costs, and 21% increasing employee participation.
- Top 2021 and beyond wellness activities in order of their occurrence:
- 80% EAP
- 73% stress and anxiety
- 64% well-being program
- 53% financial wellness
- 51% eHealth portals
- 49% onsite vaccines
- 47% depression
- 45% fitness challenges
- 44% smoking cessation
- 42% standing desks
- 40% disease management
- 37% health coaching
- 35% weight loss
- 31% injury prevention
- 21% onsite activities
- 14% fitness trackers
Why is this important?
This document is important because it provides several important comparison insights about what other employers are now doing for employee wellness. This allows wellness professionals to give current comparisons of what other employers are doing in the employee wellness area. The information in this document can be used to leverage additional wellness activities for employees.
What can you do with this document?
- First, download and skim the document for the major issues it addresses.
- Next, identify where this information can be used with employees and management.
- Next, using a “snipping tool” to remove those graphics and information that you want to use and mount them into PPT slides.
- Next, be sure to cite the source.
- Then, share the information with your intended audience(s).
In summary, this document provides a number of useful informational insights about what other employers are currently doing about wellness in 2021 and what they will likely be doing in the near future.
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