Keeping Employees Healthy can Increase the Bottom Line
As a result of staggering rise in medical costs, many organizations, are beginning to realize that keeping employees healthy costs less than treating them once they are sick. Pro-active thinking companies are finding that an investment in their employees’ health may translate into substantial dividends to their bottom line.
Breakthroughs in sports medicine, fitness and nutrition are helping to bridge the gap between fitness and wellness. These breakthroughs are helping to create positive work environments that promote physical activity and positive lifestyle changes. These positive work environments not only help to encourage better health and fitness choices, but also increase job morale, create happier employees, decrease absenteeism, increase physical work capacity and productivity, leading to an increase in the bottom line.