Corporate Wellness in the Workplace

What is Corporate Wellness?

Corporate Wellness programs establish a work environment that promotes healthy lifestyles to help reduce the risk of disease, increase productivity, lower the cost of employee benefits, reduce absenteeism rates, and enhance overall quality of life.

Employers can offer organizational-based programs such as preventative health screenings, special gym memberships, educational seminars, weight-loss programs, tobacco-cessation programs, and more. A correctly designed wellness program will boost employee morale and reduce stress levels, to help keep your employees healthy and happy while at work.

As the life expectancy of Canadians increase, they become more likely to experience chronic diseases.

As the population ages and more employees demand workplace benefits, the plan utilization will increase along with their costs to the employer. According to Aon Hewitt’s Medical Trend Rates report, cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory conditions are the most prevalent health conditions driving health care claims around the world.³

With an average rate of absenteeism at 9.3 days per full-time employee², absenteeism is a major contributor to lost productivity and revenue for Canadian organizations.

¹ Preventing Chronic Disease Strategic Plan- Public Health Agency of Canada (http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/aspc-phac/HP35-39-2013-eng.pdf)
² Missing in Action: Absenteeism Trends in Canadian Organizations (http://www.morneaushepell.com/ca-en/insights/missing-action-absenteeism-trends-canadian-organizations)
³ Conference Board of Canada Benefits (http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/humanresource/commentaries/12-11-02/employee_benefits%E2%80%94the_dragon_will_soon_awake.aspx)
⁴ Global Medical Costs Expected to Increase in 2017 Despite Lower Rates of Inflation (http://www.aon.com/canada/attachments/human-capital-consulting/AH_Medical%20Trend%20Rates_2017_Canada.pdf)

Risk Assessment / Needs Analysis

• Closing the Gap Healthcare’s Wellness Team will work with you to help determine the wellness/health needs of your organization and inform decision-making on how best to meet the needs of management or employees and improve overall employee health.

Biometric Screenings

• A comprehensive screening using multiple tests to assess different health indicators. The screening is intended to help an individual assess risk of common health concerns, such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease.

Individual Health Coaching

• It’s time to start investing in yourself. Reach your wellness goals with individualized health coaching. One-to-one sessions with a health coach focuses on identifying your health goals and turning them into action.

Group Wellness Workshops

• The “Live Well, Be Well”  group wellness workshop series focuses on healthy employees. These interactive and engaging workshops will equip employees with the information, tips, strategies and skills needed to change behavious and make healthy choices in the areas of nutrition, sleep, exercise, and stress management.

Additional Services Offered

• We provide onsite Ergonomic Assessments and recommendations carried out by healthcare professionals, to help identify ergonomic risk factors in the workplace.

• Our Workplace Flu Clinic Program helps reduces flu-related employee absenteeism and lost productivity with a convenient and affordable solution to maintain a healthy workplace throughout the flu season.

• Our team of 1,500+ Clinical Healthcare Professionals offer high-quality, dependable service for clients of all ages and cultural backgrounds.