Creative Additions to Your Company’s Wellness Program

While perks like health and life insurance, flexible spending accounts and 401(k) accounts are important to offer employees, companies can go above and beyond for their staff by providing a comprehensive wellness program that includes resources to improve mental and physical health. Fortunately, implementing these types of programs don’t have to cost a lot of money or take too much extra time. Here are several wellness program amenities that are free or inexpensive and easy to add to any size operation.

Employee Extras: Resources and Benefits You Can Offer to Boost Wellness

• Bike Rack
  Install bike racks so employees can bike to work
• Healthy Snacks
  Offer healthy snacks in your break room
• Stairwell Use
  Encourage stairwell use by displaying posters in strategic locations
• Cessation Resources
  Provide smoking cessation resources and incentives
• Health Club Discounts
  Negotiate corporate discounts for health club memberships
• Emergency Training
  Host CPR and first aid training classes
• Provide a Library
  Start a library where employees can share books
• Breast Pumping Space
  Create a comfortable, private space for nursing mothers to pump breast milk
• Assign Special Days
  Give employees bring your dog to work” or casual dress days

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