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Worksite Wellness

"Live Healthy. Work Healthy."

Increasing evidence supports health promotion programs in the workplace and more companies than ever are implementing health and wellness strategies to reduce injuries, health care costs and long-term disability. With additional benefits such as reduced absenteeism, higher productivity, reduced use of health care benefits and increased morale and loyalty, its not surprising more and more employers are choosing to implement worksite wellness programs within their companies.

Preventable illness makes up approximately 80% of the burden of illnesses and 90% of all health care costs. Employers are beginning to realize they can take advantage of this statistic and work to provide services to decrease the occurrence of those preventable diseases. Despite the United States spending more on health care than any other industrialized nation in the world, it remains the unhealthiest. With increased research and data on worksite wellness, it is becoming apparent there are very real benefits to implementing worksite wellness programs.

Did you know employee wellness is considered a potential high return on investment for employers due to rising health care costs? In fact, research now suggests employers get an average of $3.48 back in reduced health care costs and $5.82 in lower absenteeism cost for every dollar spent on employee wellness. Employers who live more healthy lifestyles have reduced sick leave, improved work performance, decrease health insurance costs, increased productivity and reduced overall costs.

There are many real benefits to worksite wellness programs. There is increasing evidence to support implementation of programs in all types of companies and businesses, big or small. The links below will take you to different types of information on worksite wellness...from statistics to benefits, even resource toolkits to help get you started on your own program! If you are a small employer who already has a worksite wellness program in place, check out the Indiana State Department of Health’s tax credit program!