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CIO Magazine reports that “A recent study from Staples Business Advantage, done in conjunction with workplace expert Jacob Morgan, found that 91 percent of employees say they work more than 40 hours a week. However, they are not spending that time getting ahead on work — they're using it to catch up and stay afloat.”

More than 3,000 U.S. and Canadian employees were surveyed to determine how the “modern workplace is changing.”

Said Neil Ringel, executive vice president, Staples Business Advantage: “Employees are happiest in a workplace that meets their needs and considers their well-being.” He added that “employees are specifically looking for wellness programs,” among other requirements.

And if wellness programs are a way to help improve employee satisfaction, another CIO piece is helpful in offering ways to “keep employees engaged in wellness.” Ideas include:

• “Link activity challenges with charity causes”
• “Emphasize team activities.” One person quoted indicates that “Employees are often motivated when they feel like they're part of a team… and a desire to help teammates can increase engagement levels in wellness programs.”
• “Tap social media to promote wellness: Indiana University Health encourages its employees to post photos of themselves on Twitter and other social networks using the hashtag #healthyselfie, according to Marci Cooper, its manager of employee wellness. The organization wants its staff to post photos of themselves exercising or being healthy this summer, for example. The #healthyselfie hashtag “gives other employees ideas, it makes a big organization smaller, and it makes wellness fun and fresh,” she says.”