Health and Wellness: A New Corporate Lore
It is heartening to note that more and more companies are giving high importance to health and wellness by encouraging healthy living habits among their employees.
At IBM, for example, I gathered that US employees are encouraged to participate in nutrition, exercise, and health screening programs that offer a cash rebate of $150 each. Employees can avail of two rebate programs on a yearly basis and redeem up to $300 a year if they attain goals such as participating in three months of exercise or lose a desired amount of weight.
Corporate efforts such as this are really laudable. I hope more companies realize the need to promote health and wellness among their employees.
In the long run, the companies themselves are the ones that would benefit from the setup as this will surely boost productivity and lessen healthcare costs on their part.