Workplace wellness can boost employee wellbeing and deliver meaningful business returns. But this can only happen when programs follow evidence-based best practices, which include individualized ...

In addition to traditional benefits, such as health care coverage and 401(k) plans, employers across the globe are increasingly offering programs designed to boost employees’ mental health—free ...

New analysis finds U.S. employers lag in mental health and preventive care offerings, even as evidence links wellness ...

Remember when the biggest workplace wellness perk was a sad bowl of bruised apples in the break room? Those days feel like ancient history now that companies are installing meditation pods, hiring ...

Corporate Cup, lunchtime yoga, or even 'walk and talks', organizations come up with all sorts of wellness initiatives to encourage people to be more active in the workplace. But before you duck and ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A long-running and well-respected workplace wellness program at PepsiCo that encourages employees to adopt healthier habits has not reduced healthcare costs, according to the most ...

Workplace wellness programs have shifted from being viewed as a novel and advanced approach to supporting employees to being commonplace. In fact, workers are noting access to a wellness program as a ...

Employees at many companies are urged to take advantage of free wellness programs focused on mindfulness, life coaching, better sleep and many other issues. Too bad most won't actually boost their ...

Many of the most common programs meant to support employee mental wellbeing are failing to move the needle, according to a recent study by William J. Fleming, a research fellow at Oxford’s Wellbeing ...

Chronic health conditions play a big role in those costs — half of all workers have at least one chronic health condition, and treating an injured worker with a chronic condition costs twice as much ...

Katherine Baicker ( [email protected]) is a professor of health economics at the School of Public Health, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts. David Cutler is a professor of economics at ...