When your workers take advantage of their employee wellness benefits, it allows them to take control of their lives by improving their well-being where it may be lacking. But they can also improve their quality of life, as it is these same benefits that enables them to discover health conditions that they may not have been able to identity otherwise, a new study suggests.
One of the ways in which employers are aiming to help their workers achieve their fitness goals – as well as increase their company’s productivity – is through workplace wellness benefits programs.
With it being hard enough to find the same view of what the weather is like at any given time, unanimous agreement in everyday life is rare. Business owners are fully aware of this, as entrepreneurship is all about compromise.
Workplace wellness programs are advantageous both for business owners and employees by helping to lower the rate of absenteeism while at the same time bringing greater resilience and quality of life to those who participate in wellness benefits. Based on a recent survey, this is something that company managers largely agree with, and as such, intend to continue implementing these programs in the years ahead.
Fear of being replaced is keeping many Americans from using their vacation time, according to a recent survey conducted jointly by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications on behalf of the U.S. Travel Association.
Approximately 50 percent of senior managers indicated that the college basketball playoffs boosted employee morale, based on a survey conducted by recruitment and staffing solutions firm OfficeTeam. Additionally, more than one-third – 36 percent – said that they saw work productivity improve over the fortnight that is March Madness.
From late-night meetings to 12-hour workdays, ever-increasing workloads to all-important performance reviews, there’s no shortage of stresses that affect the lives of workers on a daily basis. And while some of these can actually be a good thing – prompting individuals to get tasks done that have deadlines – too many of them can wind up worsening productivity and contributing to pain.
Not only has the ACA affected consumers, but it’s had a logistical impact on employers who offer employee benefits as well, based on a recent study done by United Benefit Advisors.
If 2015 is a year in which you plan on hiring more people for your company, consider yourself in good company, based on the results of a recent survey regarding employers’ recruitment activity in the new year.
In a recent survey of insurance professionals, a fairly high percentage say they’ve noticed more companies taking a second look at their benefits packages and finding that they may not be adequately satisfying their staff members’ needs, particularly as they relate to their workers’ handling of finances.
