Financial penalties are being imposed on employees who don’t follow wellness guidelines.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Healthy Help: Fed up with the spiraling costs of health insurance, companies are
shifting their attention to advocating that their employees pursue healthier
lifestyles. Insurance company MetLife says in a study that nearly 30 percent of
all companies presently offer some form of wellness program to employees,
including roughly half of large companies (those with at least 500 full-time
employees). Wellness credits are a popular mechanism to encourage employees to
take part. Overall, 17 percent of employers (including 31 percent of larger
firms) give credits to employees who follow wellness guidelines like health
checkups, nutrition programs, dieting and exercise. Conversely, one in 10
companies impose financial penalties on employees who don’t toe the line,
including 19 percent of larger firms.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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