For any well-run workplace wellness program, continually focusing on employee engagement matters. Once employees are engaged, the program benefits can start to do their work: Improve employee health, reduce costs, and more. To help provide employees with continuing...
One area that a well-run workplace wellness program is designed to address is the connection between absenteeism and employer cost. We address the important topic regularly, including this week as we've noted that the Research Center of the Nashville Area Chamber of...
We have been reporting on the request from the Research Center of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce to FTI Consulting Inc.’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy (“Center”) to collaborate with the Chamber on the development of data and analyses for the...
Yesterday we reported on a study from Nashville that addressed the role workplace wellness can play in addressing chronic disease among employees and helping manage health concerns and costs. The report came out of a request from the Research Center of the Nashville...
News from Nashville on the important role workplace wellness can play in addressing chronic disease among employees and helping manage health concerns and costs. The Research Center of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce commissioned FTI Consulting Inc.’s Center...
Yesterday we outlined the cost of chronic disease -- and why prevention matters. The post highlighted a recent study outlines not only the importance of addressing chronic disease, but also how the workplace can play a role in the prevention: The National Academy of...
Yesterday we published news about an online tool — created by the Center for Medicine and Public Health at Florida State University — that calculates what tobacco costs your business. In a follow-up today, more information from FSU about benefits to businesses that...
The drive to reduce smoking -- and address the total cost that tobacco brings to the workplace -- is among the benefits of a well-run workplace wellness program. We previously noted a study that showed that following tobacco control measures leads to lower smoking...
We reported recently on the business costs of insufficient sleep. In that post, we noted that Rand released a report titled “Why sleep matters — the economic costs of insufficient sleep.” Among the report findings: “The US sustains by far the highest economic losses...