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Workplace Wellness Articles

Wellness Budget Calculator 
The Wellness Budget Calculator  by WellSteps helps you see how to offer an employee wellness program for free by making small changes to your health plan OR by implementing an outcomes-based program. Surveys show that the average cost of a wellness program is about $150 per employee per year. The Wellness Budget Calculator will help you find more than enough money to fund an effective wellness initiative.

The NIOSH Total Health Program: Seminal Research Papers 
Total Worker Health™ is a strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury and illness and to advance health and well-being. This pdf file is a deeper dive into the research that backs the Total Worker Health strategy.

Bringing Wellness to a Diverse Population: Case Study  
This case study from Wellness Corporate Solutions highlights a large multinational hotel chain as they looked to mature their wellness process. An interesting takeaway is the use of a “wellness champion” at each site who leads a “wellness squad” who recommend programming options and spearhead new wellness challenges.

Building Wellness from the Inside Out  
Education and training is an important part of the MSD prevention process. Employees need to educated and motivated to take care of their bodies. Grab a free copy of our workbook which we use in our training programs.

Free Wellness Handout — Avoiding Portion Distortion 
Grab a free copy of our employee wellness handout on avoiding portion distortion.