Why Employee Health?

Some may ask "why, on a site dedicated to providing knowledge on how to build business sales and profits, would you include a category on employee health?"

Those who ask probably haven't spent much time lately in the boardrooms, CEO offices, and accounting offices of companies.

Employee health has become one of the top five issues that virtually every company has to deal with.

1. Costs of health-related issues and benefits (health insurance, disability, sick days, reduced productivity due to health issues) have now reached the point where they represent 20-40% of all the profits of most companies.

2. These costs are on an amazingly steep upward trend, and this trend shows no sign of stopping.

3. Employees are becoming increasingly less healthy, as our population ages, grows heavier, and pays the price of lack of preventative care during their younger years.

4. Many companies are seeking ways to proactively resolve these issues, through wellness programs, benefit plans, and company policies.

So, it is with these needs in mind that we have created this new section of the BusinessKnowledgeSource.com site, the Employee Health and Fitness section.

Here we will provide information on a wide range of aspects of health and wellness, including
- Exercises
- How to save money on health-related benefit programs
- Diseases and disorders
- Moves managers can take to proactively address wellness issues

Some of these articles will talk directly to employees, teaching techniques they can use to improve their wellness.

Others will speak to management, addressing their managerial and leadership needs.

Please feel free to contact us with questions you may have so that we can address them further.

And, be healthy!