Motorola: Employee Wellness Case Study
What began more than a decade ago as a pilot program in two locations, has now developed into a global initiative for Motorola. The business’s Employee Wellness is run by the Global Rewards group consisting of more than 50 employees and funded by an annual grant. Programs are consistently evaluated on their ability to deliver a positive return on investment and benefit the collective Motorola community. overall, the program reaches more than 30,000 employees, family members and retirees.
Employee Wellness Features:
• The business provides free membership for active employees to Wellness Centers located at 8 United States locations (retirees pay a small fee).
• Workers at locations without a Wellness Center receive $240 to help cover the expense of a membership at a qualifying fitness center.
• In 2003, the business offered flu immunizations to more than 11,000 employees, dependents and retirees at 70 on-Site locations.
• Motorola holds hundreds of health education sessions each year for employees.
Employee Wellness Solutions:
• Among employees who regularly used on-Site Motorola Wellness Centers or an alternate fitness center the business saved $3.93 for every $1 it invested, according to data from 2000.
• Participating employees cost $6.5 million dollars less in lifestyle-related healthcare expenses than non-participants.
• Employee Wellness participants experienced annual Health Care cost increases of 2.5 percent, compared to 18 percent increases for non-participants.
