Employee wellness programs have often been viewed as a nice extra, not a strategic imperative. But the data demonstrate otherwise, according to Berry, of Texas A&M University; Mirabito, of Baylor University; and Baun, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Their research shows that the ROI on comprehensive, well-run employee wellness programs is impressive, sometimes as high as six
Today I was doing some research on presenteeism. In case you didn’t know, presenteeism is defined as “reduced on-the-job productivity” and is a “hidden cost to many employers.”
I was actually looking for better ways to measure presenteesism. While I found what I was looking for, I was most struck by the table below. This table shows the percentage of total cost (medical, pharmacy, absenteeism and preseenteeism) of health conditions attributed to presenteeism.
