Health Matters

Containing health and disability costs demands a broad strategy that considers all factors that influence employee health. Worksite wellness is a powerful tool that can shape corporate culture and influence a general lifestyle that contributes to the health of each employee, providing big financial returns.

Employee wellness programs encompass many different activities and amenities that most employers today have partially implemented in their corporation. These include:

  • Clean Air to Breathe
  • Safe Clean Water to Drink
  • Smoking Cessation Programs
  • Flu Shots
  • Fitness Centers
  • Medical Benefits
  • Health Awareness Day

Determining the affect these programs have on the corporate bottom line is not always easy but some companies and agencies have tracked and computed the ROI (return on investment) realized from implementing various employee wellness benefits.

  • DuPont Co... each $1.00 invested in employee wellness yielded over $1.42 in 2 years
  • Travelers Corp... claims a $3.4 return for each $1.00 invested in employee health programs
  • Union Pacific Railroad... a cost benefit of $1.57 for each $1.00 invested
  • City of Mesa, AZ... a return of $3.60 for every $1.00 invested in the health of employees
  • A county government in California... had an increase in employee morale and reduced workers comp claims, medical costs and sick days.

These companies have tracked the dollars and realized the return-on-investment from employee wellness programs. Recent headlines in news stories have informed us of the issues of tap water, the questionable purity of *bottled water and the risk of ** filter and RO systems.

Experts agree, the only sure way for safe water today is a high- tech hybrid/distillation system - NOW, the first economical system that removes chemicals, microorganisms, bacteria and all potential water contaminants.

*25% of all bottled water is tap water (DateLine march 13, 1998). EPA studies found cleanliness violations at most bottling plants. (8 weeks to Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, M.D.)

**''...in every serious outbreak (Milwaukee) filters were in use." (www.cdc.gov)