Beaumont Business Health Strategies

Investing in employee health is a wise investment in your company's bottom line.

• Employee health benefits are the fastest growing cost component for employers.
• The number of businesses offering health benefits is declining - 69 percent of companies provided health benefits in 2000, compared to 60 percent of companies in 2005.
• A recent national survey of corporate executives found that employers rank managing costs, keeping employees healthy to improve productivity and competitive positioning among the top three business issues for the future.

Poor employee health impacts your business' success. Health and productivity management research has documented that the indirect costs of poor health can be two to three times the direct medical costs. Poor health is linked to:

• Higher direct health care costs
• Lower work output
• Higher rates of disability
• Higher rates of absenteeism
• Higher rates of injury
• More workers' compensation claims

See a return on your investment

Investing in your employees' health, benefits your bottom line. With an average $3.50: $1 savings-to-cost ratio in reduced absenteeism and health care costs, how can you afford not to?

Research shows that within three to five years of launching a comprehensive health promotion initiative, companies experience:

• Reduced absenteeism
• Reduced health care cost increases
• Reduced turnover
• Reduced workers' compensation costs and injuries
• Increased loyalty
• Improved morale
• Increased productivity