Workplace wellness is a quick
prescription for health

Wellness is a bottom line defense.

Many employers today are faced with "sticker shock" when it comes to their company's health insurance premiums. But no matter what form your insurance coverage takes, your organization – whether large or small – can help lower healthcare costs and improve worker health and well being by incorporating a general workplace wellness philosophy into your company culture.

Employee and employers benefit from workplace wellness. In fact, studies show that when companies promote wellness in the workplace, they not only often see lower healthcare costs, with an average decline in employee medical care costs of 26.5 percent, they have also experienced an average 40.7 percent reduction in Workers’ Compensation costs.

Promoting workplace wellness is not only cost-effective, it can lower absenteeism and raise productivity. It's pretty amazing, but a 2004 study showed that wellness programs provided – among others improvements – a nine percent increase in productivity and a two percent decline in absenteeism!

You may also want to learn more about Associated Employers Trust (AET) and our partners, UnitedHealthcare and Wells Fargo Insurance Services, for ways you can contain your healthcare costs. Hundreds of member companies – representing thousands of employees and their families – contract with Associated Employers Trust (AET) to provide their employees with quality healthcare and disability programs.

Associated Industries Members enrolled in our healthplan also have an opportunity to participate in the Your HEALTH Counts! plan. This program provides an opportunity to foster employee health and productivity and gives ways employees can take responsibility to improve their overall health. The short video provides a glimpse at some of the materials, products and partners that are a part of the Your HEALTH Counts! program. But to find out how healthcare coverage and helpful employee wellness tools can improve your bottom line, call your broker, or call Associated Industries at 866.696.3154. More health-related tips and information are available at Counting on My Health blog.

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