Worksite Wellness


Why Worksite Wellness at your business?

The worksite is an excellent place to develop a positive wellness environment. The sense of community already exists among co-workers. The benefits of a worksite wellness program go beyond the improvement of personal health and the containment of health care costs. Employees see such a program as an added benefit which can significantly improve morale. The healthier and more fit an employee the better able to do his or her job with fewer injuries and fewer absences.

 

Sebasticook Healthy Communities Coalitions’ wellness program can assist and support you in developing a wellness program to meet the needs of your employees, from resources & newsletters articles to policy and environmental change support updates, state information on the H1N1 Influenza and much more. Please provide email address to receive these updates. Questioner and Prepaid envelope provided.

 

Why should a company offer worksite wellness programs?
  • Reduced Absenteeism and Presenteeism
  • Reduced Use Of Health Related Benefits
  • Reduce Employees’ Personal Health Care Costs
  • Reduced Worker's Comp/Disability
  • Increased Morale, Loyalty and Job Satisfaction
  • Lower Health Care Costs
  • Higher Productivity
  • Great Retention Tool
  • Reduced Injuries
  • Enhance Business ReputationAnd Customer Loyalty
 
Key Components of a Successful Worksite Wellness Program?
  • Strong Management Support
  • Wellness team with strong leadership that meets regularly, is visible, communicates regularly, has agendas and meeting minutes
  • Collects and uses data to drive initiatives
  • Written work plans that includes goals, objectives, strategies, timelines, budgets and evaluation components
  • Supportive health promoting environments and policies

 

To view the Questionnaire, click here.

 

For more information, please contact Karen Hawkes at khawkes@emh.org.

 

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