A new survey suggests employers have dramatically hiked their investment in wellness initiatives over the past five years.
To be clear, the survey of 202 HR professionals by RedBrickHealth, a firm that consults with employers about improving employee health, did not find that wellness programs are necessarily more common. But employers are spending more to encourage employees to adopt healthier lifestyles.
The same survey in 2010 found that 64 percent of employers offered financial incentives for participation in certain health programs, with a median incentive of $150. In 2015, the same percentage of employers reported offering incentives, but the median incentive had nearly tripled, to $400.
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