A new survey suggests employers have dramatically hiked theirinvestment in wellness initiatives over thepast five years.
To be clear, the survey of 202 HR professionals byRedBrickHealth, a firm that consults with employers about improvingemployee health, did not findthat wellness programs are necessarily more common. But employersare spending more to encourage employees to adopt healthierlifestyles.
The same survey in 2010 found that 64 percent of employersoffered financial incentives for participation in certain healthprograms, with a median incentive of $150. In 2015, the samepercentage of employers reported offering incentives, but the medianincentive had nearly tripled, to $400.
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