As employers, local agencies can play an important role in
reducing the high rates of preventable chronic diseases.
Efforts to improve employee wellness are beneficial to both
employee and employer, reducing health care costs through
programs and policies that:
Prevent obesity and overweight
Support healthy nutrition
Provide tobacco cessation resources
Encourage physical activity
Provide design characteristics and green building materials
that promote good health
Include accommodations for active commuting and exercise
Small policy and program efforts to improve health in the
workplace can have big benefits for the employer, including:
reduced cost for chronic diseases, decreased absenteeism, reduced
employee turnover, improved worker satisfaction and morale, and
increased organizational ability to recruit new employees in a
competitive market.
These case stories provide example of creating healthy
workplaces. Each story includes lessons learned, links to
additional resources and can serve as examples other agencies may
consider and adapt to meet their communities’ unique
circumstances.
