Company Health and Wellness Programs: Health Related employer Policies and Procedures

At times Employee Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to  enhance the organization image with little concern for improvements in worker health. Companies who are  truly committed to enhancing worker health and wellness, are corporations who have worked to include  Employee Wellness Programs into the employer’s mission statement. With this commitment, policies and  procedures can be written to address short and long term goals of increased worker health,  productivity, and morale. These policies and procedures are critical to the establishment of supportive  organizational cultures conducive to worker health and wellness.

• Active worker involvement in Company Health and Wellness Program committees and employer decision  making
• Availability of flextime work schedules
• No tobacco use policy
• Drug use policy and testing
• Motor vehicle seatbelts and the use of other protective/safety equipment
• Sexual harassment policy
• Family leave initiatives
• Consistent and frequent awards and recognition of worker work efforts