Employee Wellness Program

M E M O R A N D U M

RE: Employee Wellness Program

Due to the tough economic times and rising health care costs, implementing an Employee Wellness Program within the company would prove to be beneficial. The current demands on employees at work due to the large amount of cut backs within the company cause them to pay little or no attention to measures that will help with the prevention of illnesses and injuries, such as exercise. Many of our drivers suffer from injuries as they make their daily deliveries due to the fact that they do not exercise or they make unhealthy choices throughout the work day as well as at home.

Insurance companies solely emphasize curing illnesses or injuries rather than providing access to methods that may assist with the prevention of most major diseases and injuries. It has been shown through extensive research that healthier choices can lead to the prevention of many diseases and injuries. It is therefore our responsibility to ensure that employees have access to health and wellness programs that will be beneficial to both the company and the

Introducing a wellness program within the company will not only save the company thousands of dollars in health care costs and decrease the number of work related injuries which lead to large sums of workers compensation. A wellness program will produce healthier employees who will in turn increase the productivity and profitability of the company. Employees would suffer from fewer injuries and therefore take fewer sick days or option days. The life span of employees would also increase as they make healthier choices as well as the amount and cost of insurance claims would decrease drastically. By this, the company would have their older employees for a longer time and therefore would not have to invest time and money into training new employees sooner than necessary.

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