A New Spin on Workplace Wellness

Employee wellness programs are all the rage today — after all, the benefits can be enormous. In 2010, the Harvard Business Review reported that Johnson & Johnson’s wellness program saved them an estimated $250 million in health care costs over the course of a decade and after six years, the return on investment was apparently $2.71 for every $1 spent.

So how should one go about developing a successful workplace wellness program?

In his book Costing Human Resources, Dr. Wayne Cascio, professor of management and author/editor of 28 management books, suggests that workplace wellness programs should do the following: