By 2027, the global wellness market is expected to reach $66.20 billion.
That is a massive amount. And while the benefits to the employees are clear, what are the benefits to the businesses themselves?
Why should you spend your valuable time and money on developing a corporate wellness program?
In this article, we’ll go over how investing in employees through these wellness programs can help both the employees and your business.
Keep reading to learn more.
More Productivity
One of the biggest benefits of including an employee wellness program in your employee’s benefits package is that it helps to increase productivity.
One of the big focuses of these programs is to promote healthier habits through nutrition education and exercise programs. By eating better meals, getting more exercise, and getting more sleep your employees will have more energy and better attitudes.
When your employees feel better and have more energy they’re more likely to work harder and more efficiently. This allows them to get not only more work done, but higher quality work as well.
This can also translate to more profits for your business. This is because employees being happier and making fewer mistakes means a better customer experience, and that often leads to more sales.
Employee Retention
One of the biggest complaints from people who quit their jobs is a toxic work environment. When your individual employees are happier with themselves, it creates a happier overall environment, making people more likely to stay with the company.
In addition to the increase in employee happiness, using wellness plans leads to fewer employees needing to leave their jobs due to chronic illnesses.
Having a solid set of benefits that include a wellness program also helps to make your employees feel like they matter to the company. This also makes employees less likely to leave even when they receive outside offers.
Employee turnover can get very expensive. From searching for new, qualified candidates to training them, it costs money to hire new people. Keeping your current employees will cost your business less in the long run.
Increase Attendance
Helping your employees to add healthier habits to their daily routine can help them not only avoid getting sick but to get rid of the other aches and pains that can cause people to call out sick.
Also, taking better care of yourself leads to better mental health. This will help to decrease the number of people calling out because employees will need fewer mental health days.
This increase in attendance will also help with productivity and with your bottom line.
Start a Corporate Wellness Program Today
Your employees are the most important resource your business has. Be sure to help them take care of themselves by creating a corporate wellness program. By creating a healthy and happy culture at your company you will set it up for success and profitability.
Check out our blog post on developing a healthy culture for more information!
