BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Wellness Program
- a company program offering benefits, activities, or training, to improve and promote employees' health and fitness. A wellness program can include wellness benefits such as fitness training, company sponsored athletics and sports teams, health education, and life improvement classes. It also includes prevention of mental health problems by stress management.
Additional Resources
- Wellness on tap at Coors. (Coors Brewing Co.'s wellness program) (Employee Benefits)
- Coors Brewing Co. has been operating an employee wellness center since July 1981. Because the purpose of the firm's early wellness program was solely to promote employee well-being and primary care prevention, no effort was made to link the program with CCoors Brewing Co. has been operating an employee wellness...
- Research articles 1995-03-01
- Sensible Nutrition Wellness Program Challenges Sekisui Voltek Employees to Be Well
- BOSTON -- Sensible Nutrition announced their client, Sekisui Voltek, launched a 12 week Worksite Wellness program for their employees this July. Sensible Nutrition, a Hingham MA based corporate wellness provider, created the program to meet the needs of the Sekisui Voltek employees. Sensible Nutrition's award winning programs have helped thousands...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Wachovia Insurance Services to Offer Tangerine Wellness Program
- Tangerine Wellness, the first incentive-based corporate wellness program aimed at reducing the cost of healthcare for employers, has announced an agreement with Wachovia Insurance Services, a full-service brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm for mid- and large-size employers, to market the Tangerine Wellness program to clients in Wisconsin, as well...
- Research articles 2007-08-06
- Local Doctor Incorporates Bone Density Loss Into Women's Wellness Program
- LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. -- Dr. Susan Sklar, Medical Director of the Women's Wellness Center in Los Alamitos, is pleased to announce the recent addition of state-of-the-art bone density and body composition assessment as part of their women's wellness program. "Our women's wellness program is designed especially for today's active...
- Research articles 2005-05-17
- Destiny Health Announces National Launch of Vitality Wellness Program
- Only Plan Proven to Lower Costs, Improve Health CHICAGO -- The industry-leading Vitality incentive-based wellness program is now available nationwide for larger employers wishing to team it with any and all brands of health insurance. The program originally was available only as a component integrated within The Destiny Health...
- Research articles 2007-06-26
- Vought Introduces Wellness Program
- World-Renowned Cooper Aerobics Center to Help Employees Design the Program DALLAS -- Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is launching an industry-leading wellness program aimed at reducing health risk factors for employees and their families by more than 50 percent within the next three years. LiveWell@Vought will provide Vought employees with...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Principal Financial Group Announces New Wellness Program, Helping Control Costs While Improving Employee Health
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- Employers are looking to wellness as a way to engage employees by adding value to benefit programs at work. Employees are responding with sixty-eight percent of American workers participating in onsite health screenings in 2005(1). Answering an increasing demand for wellness from both audiences, the Principal...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- A wellness program financed by employees: General Dynamics' top-flight program doesn't cost the company a penny
- Recently, Business & Health conducted a fax survey on wellness programs. One response was from General Dynamics, the aerospace firm in San Diego, Calif. The respondent mentioned his organization's seemingly uniqe wellness program--unique in part because the company spends zero dollars to finance it. We felt this...
- Research articles 1991-05-01
- Shape Up Your Company With A Wellness Program
- The health and happiness of your employees has a direct impact on your company's financial health. Even for small businesses where health insurance isn't an issue - because none is offered - but where absenteeism and productivity are. The good news is that small businesses have an inherent advantage when...
- White papers
- El Cajon insurance agency adding wellness program at no cost to clients
- Corporate Wellness Insurance: E1 Cajon-based Webster Insurance Agency recently added a wellness program at no cost to the businesses it serves, including those with fewer than 50 employees. "It's quite a big deal to companies under 50 employees," said Tracy Webster, one of the agency's owners. "We are emulating...
- Research articles 2007-08-20
- CoBiz and incentaHEALTH Team Up for Third Consecutive Year to Provide CoBiz Employees With incentaHEALTH Wellness Program
- incentaHEALTH announced that CoBiz Inc., a diversified financial services firm and parent company of Colorado Business Bank, is providing its employees with incentaHEALTH's weight loss and wellness program for the third consecutive year. incentaHEALTH's cash incentive-driven service helps participating employees lose weight and keep it off by...
- Research articles 2007-02-27
- Substantial Solutions Ultimate Wellness Program(TM) to Be Showcased at Connex International Benefits Forum
- The newly developed Ultimate Wellness ProgramTM UWP from Substantial Solutions will be featured at the annual Connex International Benefits Forum, dedicated to resolving the escalating and unaffordable cost of medical care for corporations, to be held on March 4-6, 2007 at Amelia Island Plantation, Florida.
- Research articles 2006-11-28
- BackBuilders launches 'MS Wellness' program
- An "MS Wellness" program is underway at BackBuilders in Ewing Township, the outpatient physical therapy facility wholly-owned by St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center.
- Research articles 1995-07-01
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado Offers Its Employees incentaHEALTH Weight Loss and Wellness Program for Fourth Consecutive Year
- incentaHEALTH announced that health care giant Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering its employees incentaHEALTH's weight loss and wellness program for the fourth consecutive year.
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado to Offer Its Employees Cash Incentives Through the incentaHEALTH Weight Loss and Wellness Program for the 5th Year
- incentaHEALTH announced that health care giant Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering its employees incentaHEALTH's weight loss and wellness program for the fifth consecutive year.
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- The Principal Financial Group Moves Employers Towards Health Care Transformation; New Benefit Designs and Wellness Program May Make Healthier Workers a Reality for Many Employers
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- As employers begin making health care decisions this enrollment season, many will look to consumer driven health care options as a way to engage employees and alleviate costs. The Principal Financial GroupR is responding by making available several new programs including a new series of High...
- Research articles 2005-10-05
- Sodexho debuts new wellness program at Drexel University
- Gaithersburg, MD. -- Sodexho USA, the contract management company based here, recently rolled out a wellness program to Drexel University in Philadelphia, where it is the provider of foodservice for the campus.
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- Stock Market Alerts New Investor Forum - KCMH Exclusive First-of-its-Kind Technology-Based Health and Wellness Program!
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 March 2008-TheSubway.com: Stock Market Alerts New Investor Forum - KCMH Exclusive First-of-its-Kind Technology-Based Health and Wellness Program!C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032008 Visit TheSUBWAY's Small Cap Investor Forum Here: http://www.thesubway.com/small-cap-forum/TheSUBWAY.com: Names the following stocks to its Stock...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- Holistic Health-Wellness Program Joins HealthAllies Online Marketplace to Offer Preferred Rates for Alternative Care
- Health/Medical Writers SAN RAMON & GLENDALE, Calif.--BW HealthWire--Dec. 6, 2000 Consumers Can Now Access a Wide Range of Alternative Care Services Through HealthAllies HealthAllies, an online health care marketplace, today announced that it has signed a strategic agreement and co-marketing agreement with Bienestar Inc., http://www.naturalhealthusa.com, a...
- Research articles 2000-12-06
- Are Employee Wellness Programs a Scam?
- The Find: No employee wellness program on the planet will save your company a dime, declares one HR pro, and anyone trying to sell you one is essentially a snake oil salesman. The Source: HR pro Laurie Ruettimann of the blog Punk Rock HR writing for the...
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
