Vital Signs - Employer Healthcare Insights

Introduction

It’s no secret that healthy employees cost less. They work harder, longer, and often have higher morale than someone who's health isn't up to par. So if you’re reading this article because you’ve determined your company needs a wellness program and are on a mission to improve the health of your employees, you’re on the right track. Employees spend so much of their time at work! In fact, work is often the place where people spend most of their awake hours. It only makes sense to start there and build a healthy supportive environment for your company to thrive. 

With the rising costs of healthcare and the need to attract and retain top talent in the workplace, organizations are turning to onsite clinics to beef up their benefits package and reduce overall costs. Is your organization considering implementing an onsite clinic but not quite sure if you’re asking the right questions when selecting a vendor? Onsite clinics are definitely not one size fits all and being informed is critical to selecting the right vendor and making the right choice for your employees.

Unemployment is at the lowest rate since 2007 which means competition over talent in the workplace is getting fierce. Nearly ⅔ of all companies are investing in the employer brand in an effort to attract and retain top talent. So that has us thinking, what are the key areas in a benefits plan to attract and retain the modern worker? In this post we'll outline 6 areas to beef up benefits packages to make your organization competitive in today's workplace. 

Water and Benefits – yes, they have a lot in common.

As a best practice, implement an employee wellness program before you ever notice it's missing. However, if you're balancing priorities with time and budget like most employers and haven't gotten around to a wellness program yet, these telling signs might help you move an employee wellness program to the top of the list. 

The change toward better health can be a hard one to make. And with so many obstacles and barriers in the current healthcare system, it’s hard to know where to start. One way a company can focus on health is by providing employees with an onsite clinic. Onsite clinics can have an incredible impact on the workplace by offering convenient access to health care, controlled health care costs, improved productivity and patient outcomes, and by adding a personal connection to your company and workforce. Read this post to learn more about the benefits of a healthy workplace.

Healthy employees equal productive employees, and they contribute to the overall success of your company. Forbes states that employees are more likely to get involved in wellness objectives if they can access those objectives on company time. You may think that promoting the health of your workforce is an expensive or complicated task, but the reality is quite the opposite. Here are several simple steps you can take to improve the health of your employees.

If you think the health and well-being of your employees is their business, you may want to think again. Quite literally, their health is your business.

When you own a business, it is a good idea to promote a healthy lifestyle to your employees. There are several benefits to having a healthy workforce that many business owners do not take into consideration. The following guide walks you through a few benefits associated with workplace health.

Working with professionals in the HR environment for the last 15 years I’ve heard a lot of stories. Plenty of you won’t believe this, the “what is going through their head” stories for sure. These are the ones where we diligently mask for privacy but use as the one uppers, the one in our back pocket to say I can beat that, wait til you hear this! But, for all the crazy stories we may have heard or experienced, we often forget about the hundreds of inspiring ones. The employee that made a lasting and lifelong impact on you, the team and the organization. The unicorns - the hard to find - highly valuable team members that make things happen.