Bottom line on health (wellness programmes)

Citation

(2009), "Bottom line on health (wellness programmes)", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 17 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2009.04417dad.008

Bottom line on health (wellness programmes)

Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 17, Issue 4

Hemsley S. Human Resources (UK), January 2009, Start page: 34, No of pages: 3

Purpose – discusses the UK campaign to encourage major UK companies to focus on the wellbeing of their employees and describes the benefits derived by organizations that have done this. Design/methodology/approach – discusses the impact of the campaign, looking at the number of firms that have begun to include wellbeing in boardroom reports and the proportion who state that they are committed to employee wellbeing. Considers how human resource managers can demonstrate the return on investment gained from improving wellbeing, outlining how PricewaterhouseCoopers measures this. Reports evidence from Bupa (health provider) of the interest among employees in wellbeing programmes and the benefit that organizations would get from a healthier workforce. Gives examples of the type of wellness programmes that UK organizations have introduced. An inset briefly describes the wellness programmes introduced by GlaxoSmithKline and the National Grid, and quantifies the benefits that the organizations get from them. Findings – underlines the returns that UK firms would get from introducing wellness programmes for their employees. Originality/value – offers evidence on the benefits of wellness programmes. ISSN: 0964-8380 Reference: 38AE034

Keywords: Employees assistance programmes, Health, Benefits, United Kingdom, Return on investment