September 16, 2019Edition

At CGI Technologies and Solutions employees are offered opportunities to stay on top of their physical, mental and financial health via the company’s “Oxygen Team.” The Oxygen Team is an award-winning wellness center backed by a global, specialized and multidisciplinary team. It’s responsible for organizing and deploying wellness initiatives for the firm’s employees in 72 countries.

Last year, Burns & McDonnell chief executive Ray Kowalik teamed up with employees to set wellness goals for the year, a sign that concern for employee health comes straight from the top.

Meredith Corp.’s wellness program, offered to 5,600 employees and over 1,200 family members, isn’t just good for workers, it makes the company healthier as a whole. “Meredith, along with most companies, has a significant annual medical spend and promoting healthy living is an important part of our strategy to managing the cost of our medical plan,” said Tom Harty, company CEO and president. “But even more important, we want employees to enjoy life and feel their very best.”

Benchmark Senior Living’s wellness program focuses on overall employee wellbeing, including: financial, physical and emotional. Company employees have full access to Virgin Pulse, a digital platform that allows for a more individualized approach to wellness, including helping employees better understand their health risks and providing disease-management programs to improve their health. The program drives and requires engagement.

Since FM Global introduced its Real Appeal virtual weight-loss program at the beginning of 2018, employees have lost 3,000 pounds.

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At Glastonbury-based architectural firm The SLAM Collaborative, the proof is in the pudding when it comes to its wellness program’s success.

Stew Leonard’s, a fresh farm foods grocery store, has hired a lot of people in the process of growing from a small farm with seven employees in 1969 to a business that does nearly $400 million in sales each year, and employs about 2,000 people.

Diversified Group not only offers its customers a worksite wellness plan, it offers programs to its own employees as well.