More Power Plays: Using economic arguments for wellness

Tuesday, December 9th, 2014

  I just went through a list of key humanitarian arguments for wellness programming in our last post, but we also need to play our economic cards as well!  Remember our series on how to measure the five major economic variables that wellness programs impact in work organizations? Health plan cost, sick leave absenteeism cost,… Continue Reading ›

5 ways wellness reduces costs – Part 2: sick-leave costs

Monday, November 3rd, 2014

  American workers are absent from work due to sickness an average of 8 days a year. Wellness programs have been documented to reduce that amount by 25% or an average of 2 days a year. That reduction in absenteeism represents economic return that is potentially attributable to your wellness program, but it takes some effort… Continue Reading ›