Healthcare DIVE August 28, 2019
No company wants its employees to be sick. But to encourage workers’ overall health, benefits packages will need to include much more than basic healthcare. Employees may function at less than their best due to physical, mental, emotional, social or financial problems. As a result, their performance may suffer — and that takes a toll on overall business.
More than 75% of companies said they offer wellness programs to reduce absenteeism and presenteeism, to offer competitive compensation packages, to reduce healthcare spend and to boost employee morale, according to a survey of more than 540 employers from Optum. Optum’s report revealed that, over the last 10 years, employers have used well-being programs to do so increasingly, while their use of...