The high costs of insuring employees cost businesses millions of dollars annually.
Any business that employs 25 people or more is required to provide health insurance benefits to their employees.
As the cost of health insurance increases more and more employers are discovering that having a healthy workforce is the best way to manage the claims and benefits that are paid out.
Keeping a workforce of young healthy employees is the best way to lower costs, however employees that are already working for a company and have been for some time can still reap the rewards of lower operating costs by creating and promoting employee weight loss programs.
The fact is over fifty percent of America is overweight.
Therefore it stands to reason that on average over fifty percent of American workers are by default overweight.
As unfortunate as that statistic is, even more sobering is the fact that overweight individuals are most likely to become ill and take time off to visit doctor offices during work hours.
Through the incorporation of employee weight loss programs, the individual is rewarded for losing weight and the employer reaps the benefits of having healthier employees that have more energy and drive to work, while receiving a possible reduction in cost on the companys health insurance premiums.
With the aid of computerized employee weigh loss programs, setting specific weight loss goals with the individual and tracking the desired results is easy.
Introducing employee weight loss programs gives employees an incentive to shed unwanted pounds and inches and reduces the bottom line expenditures for employers.