Dealing with employee health is a major aspect of running a business. Everybody gets sick, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t frustrating to see productivity wane due to health-related employee absences.
But in spite of that age-old problem, many businesses remain reactive to employee health and wellness.
By shifting your focus to proactive health and wellness programs, you can create a work environment that helps minimize sick days, medical leave and the productivity losses they create.
Here are five benefits to adding health and wellness programs in your business.
Lower insurance costs
Healthy employees can have a two-fold benefit on business costs. One advantage many business owners are searching for today in the wake of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is healthcare. Healthy people cost less to insure.
“There’s a definite advantage for businesses to make sure their low-risk employees stay healthy and/or their high-risk employees become healthier,” says Brett Aprati, district manager at Interactive Health, an independently owned wellness company.
