Employers remain committed to improving worker health, but according to a new survey, many are tightening requirements to receive financial incentives for participating in health and productivity programs.

Fifty-three percent of large employers currently offer financial incentives to workers who enroll in health engagement activities, according to professional services company Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), a nonprofit association of large U.S. employers.

But participation alone in these programs is no longer enough to earn a reward. More than one-third (37 percent) of employers reward only those workers who meet the company's requirements for completion of a health engagement activity and almost one-third (29 percent) only reward members who participate in multiple activities.

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