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I think healthy employees have benefits besides just insurance benefits. Being healthy has a lot of benefits in general (less sick days and in my experience bet
by tdb7893 10y ago
I think healthy employees have benefits besides just insurance benefits. Being healthy has a lot of benefits in general (less sick days and in my experience better focus and mood) and people should be taking some short breaks during the day regardless. I think of these programs actually affect employee health then they are worth a cost
- jimmyswimmy 10y ago> I think of these programs actually affect employee health then they are worth a cost That may be so. But there are multiple costs: lost work due to completing these mandates, potential indignation over privacy concerns resulting in excess turnover, and other second order effects. My experience with the financial management teams at multiple companies leads me to believe that none of these, beyond the first order cost reduction ("ooh, lower insurance costs!") are being considered. It would not be that time consuming to complete an analysis of this. Depends strongly on your labour costs. But it should be considered. One could imagine this increasing the overhead of most large companies by a few percent, depending on how much the insurance reduction is.