What Is A Comprehensive Employee Wellness ?
Comprehensive Employee Wellness involve all employees, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the employees and the worksite environment; support periodic evaluation of its results. Comprehensive Employee Wellness emphasize follow-up and offers reinforcement for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Research studies have determined this approach to be highly efficacious. Key components are planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Planning accross the board Employee Wellness involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Employee Wellness Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting objectives and goals for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and implementing procedures to ensure confidentiality.
Implementation of accross the board Employee Wellness consist of five major tasks:
1. Health evaluation and referral
2. Follow-up and counseling employees
3. Follow-up with physicians
4. Health improvement programs
5. Organizing worksite-wide activities.
Assessment involves monitoring Employee Wellness to learn if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify expenditures, and provides information for management to support continued programming.
