Hiring employees who are committed to exercise
will boost employee morale, plus improve your bottom line.
Consider this:
• Companies that encourage its employees to exercise can reduce employee health costs by 20 percent to 55 percent, according to research from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• About 68 percent of employees are overweight in the United States, and an obese employee annually costs his employer an additional $460 to $2,500 in medical expenditures and absenteeism.
• For a company with 100 employees, that comes out to an extra expense of $170,000 a year just for those 68 employees, or nearly 3 times the cost of purchasing annual health club memberships for all 100 employees.
• Offering employee health incentives can increase worker productivity and enhance a company’s ability to attract and retain good employees, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.
Regular physical activity will help your employees experience:
• Improved decision-making
• Improved efficiency
• Improved concentration
• Improved time management
• Higher morale
• Reduced mental errors
The U.S. Surgeon General has documented that physical activity reduces the risk of:
• Premature death
• Cardiovascular disease
• Coronary heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Colon cancer
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Osteoarthritis
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