Employee Wellness

You probably aren’t surprised to learn that employee health directly correlates with productivity. Employees who are physically, mentally, socially, and financially well are more likely to do their best work than employees who are struggling in one or more of these areas.

It pays for employers to help employees to take control of their health, and take preventative measures to avoid the chronic health issues that affect so many Americans. This is why so many employers have added employee wellness or wellbeing programs to their benefits plans.

It’s hardly controversial to say that the American healthcare system has a lot of room for improvement. We have the best research universities, the best hospitals, the best doctors, and yet, compared to most wealthy countries, healthcare in the United States is more expensive and results in worse health outcomes.

Americans will spend the vast majority of their adult lives at work, so it’s important that their working environments support a sustainable, balanced lifestyle. The pandemic era has only further emphasized the fact that employees are people with multidimensional lives, with work being only one part of the larger whole.