Employee Wellness Plans : What Is A Comprehensive Employee Wellness Program?

Complete Corporate Health Promotion Programs involve all employees, deal with all primary health risks, offers choices, and target both the employees and the workplace environment; provide periodic assessment of its results.  Complete Corporate Health Promotion Programs emphasize follow-up and offers backing for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Research studies have demonstrated this approach to be highly thriving. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Beginning accross the board Company Health Promotion Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Company Health Promotion Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting goals and objectives for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of inclusive Workplace Wellness Programs consist of five major tasks:

1.   Health evaluation and referral
2.   Follow-up and counseling employees
3.   Follow-up with physicians
4.   Health improvement programs
5.   Organizing worksite-wide activities.

Assessment involves monitoring Workplace Health Promotion Programs to find out if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify expenditures, and provides information for management to support continued programming.