Designing effective Corporate Wellness Program?

Posted by Amitash Gupta on December 15th, 2020

Corporate Wellness Program is an essential part of the overall happiness & productivity of an organization’s employees. Not only does it help employers to optimize the ROI on healthcare of workforce, but more importantly it ensures that employees are in healthy and happy state, and it is quite apparent by now that “Healthy Employees make Healthy Organizations”. So Avyukt Healthcare is here to help you with effective, corporate wellness programs.


It is well established that “prevention is better than cure” and so is investing in a corporate wellness program than paying for illnesses of employees’ at a later stage. But wellness programs have to be precise so that they are beneficial for both employees' health and employer’s budget.


Following are the methods to create an effective corporate wellness programs


  1. Conducting Assessments

It includes collecting information about the current status of employees’ health. This information is important so that services and the programs will be designed accordingly. Getting information about the health of employees’ is the initial stage of the program. This information can be conducted through the following methods -

  • Surveys - Survey would help employees to assess the current condition as to how a program should be collected and what information employees are willing to share. There are organisations including WHO, which provide guidelines on creating surveys to gather information about employees health.
  • Risk assessment - this would help to determine which programs to execute. 
  • Evaluation under experts - Information so collected must be evaluated under experts guidance that would help in putting up the wellness plan.


  1. Organization’s Support

This initiative would help us gain insights into the link between health promotion objectives and business outcomes. Moreover, this is crucial for management funding. Getting support from the management is essential for achieving the objectives of a wellness program. 


  1. Establishing A Committee 

After gaining information about the employees and getting support from the management, one can put together a committee of professionals to help build wellness culture in the association. They will be responsible to evaluate current policies of the association that are available at the workplace. 


  1. Setting Goals

Using the available information from the above methods, goals and objectives can be set up for the programs. Goals might differ from one organisation to the other. On one hand some might aim to improve workers' health and thus,  reduce health care costs. On the other hand, some might aim to reduce certain common ill-effects such as absenteeism, improving employees productivity, etc.


  1. Prepare A Budget

Having a well-planned budget is the most significant step in creating an effective wellness program. The budget must include the cost of incentives, marketing, program designing along with screening fees, inducements for participation, promotional items, fitness equipment, HR representative and committee member etc.


  1. Selecting Components

The wellness program can range from a simple strategy to complex programs. It is crucial to include diverse components that are beneficial for employees. These common components include -

  • Nutritional sessions
  • Smoking cessation 
  • Vaccinations
  • Weight loss programs
  • Yoga & meditation sessions
  • Counselling sessions at regular intervals and much more


All the information gathered above needs to be used while setting up components of the wellness programs.


  1. Share The Wellness Plan

The next is to share the wellness plan. These components include the organization's objective and involvement, concerning employee wellness. This is important to market the program. This would attract participation. Spreading and marketing are important for strengthening participation in the wellness program. This also encourages preventive healthcare culture in the organization.


  1. Evaluating Results

Like any other program, evaluating the success rate is a basic requirement. Measuring the effectiveness of the program is a must to ensure that it is serving the purpose for which it has been created. The last step, this, involves evaluating the results of the wellness program.


Corporate wellness programs are of great importance for any firm in the current era. Having such programs are beneficial for both your employees and you as a company holder. Companies with corporate wellness programs have experienced comparatively less spending on employees health care. 


With this, a Corporate wellness company can create an effective corporate wellness program. 

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