As plans got worse, rates still went up. And because I was paid on commission, my revenue kept going up. Few other businesses have built-in pay raises on existing customers every year without even having to ask.

When so many businesses are focusing on implementing incentives and programs to improve employee wellbeing and lower health care costs, Amazon is in a unique position to nip such issues in the bud from the get-go.

While a direct cause and effect between a healthy workforce and superior share price returns is difficult to establish, there is growing evidence that the two are in some way correlated.

A newly introduced House bill would let employers opt out of complying with state and local leave laws if they offered a single paid leave benefit and a flexible work option to employees.