Healthcare costs are out of control, and traditional wellness programs just aren't cutting it. Here's how you can support your team's wellness in 2025.
Healthcare costs are out of control, and traditional wellness programs just aren't cutting it. Here's how you can support your team's wellness in 2025.
Changing behavior can be tough but a little guidance can make achieving that fitness goal, saving money, or making meditation a part of your daily routine much easier. We sat down with top Grokker expert Kara Mohr, PhD, to discuss the science of behavior change and how she tailors her content to help Grokker members with their goals.
2025 is poised to bring fresh challenges and opportunities to the world of HR benefits. HR leaders face the challenge of balancing innovative benefits with cost management. Employees increasingly expect employers to understand their complex challenges and want benefits that align with their individual needs. And emerging technologies, like AI, hold the potential to solve long-standing challenges.
Read on to discover the trends reshaping employee benefits this year and what you can do to leverage these trends effectively.
The conversation around employee wellbeing continues to evolve, and this year’s Conference Board event in Brooklyn, NY, highlighted why it’s more important than ever for organizations to prioritize engagement and holistic wellness. From December 4-5, industry leaders gathered to share insights, strategies, and success stories that are shaping the future of workplace well-being.
As the workforce’s needs grow more complex, many companies are responding by expanding their benefits packages. But offering more benefits without a strategy isn’t the solution.
According to new Grokker Innovation Labs research, the number of health and wellbeing point solutions employers offer is set to increase. Eighty-three percent of companies plan to increase their budgets for health and wellbeing programs over the next 12 months. Fifty-seven percent plan to increase the number of point solutions they offer.
Technology has brought us to the age of information, the age of digitization, the age of AI, smartphones, and, yes, the age of convenience. From the advent of food and grocery delivery services to live TV and movie streaming networks, people have become accustomed to personalizing and digitizing their various needs and entertainment experiences.
Corporate wellness programs deliver wide-reaching benefits that include reducing costs, energizing the workforce, and increasing employee retention. Those are reasons why upwards of 85 percent of large companies provide workplace wellness activities.
The key to healthy living is to create healthy habits, which are the collection of things we do, day in and day out, to ensure that we’re mentally sharp, physically activated, well-rested, motivated, and inspired to take on all of the necessary tasks that make up our often busy lives.
Many of today’s industry-leading organizations implemented policies and programs to enhance the quality of life of their talented team members. But one of the missing elements involves communicating the underlying reasons why decision-makers are investing in their workforce. By crafting and publishing a wellness vision statement that inspires people to participate, that rising tide of compassion raises all ships.
While telehealth options have become more and more popular throughout the last decade, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge surge in telehealth activity. Between March and April of 2021, telehealth plans saw a 41% increase, surging an already steadily growing industry.
Let’s face it, a bad case of the Mondays, as coined from the cult classic Office Space, is a serious affliction shared by workers all around the world. We live in a labor-intensive society that often leaves us craving the freedom of the weeknd and resenting the start of the work week. This naturally makes Mondays one of the most hated and fraught days of the week, but what if it doesn’t have to be?
People are often shocked to learn that, on average, Americans spend about one-third of their lives at work, which equates to 90,000 hours or ten full years on the clock. Considering how work-intensive our society has become, it’s no wonder why workers value their wellbeing, safety, and security at work now more than ever.
Many organizations continue to work in remote and hybrid models as the pandemic winds down, but many employees, when given the option to return to work, would actually prefer to continue working remotely. Our new guide, Taking Care of Remote Employees: The Key To Business Success Beyond the Pandemic, gives you actionable steps to ensure that your employees feel supported no matter where they are working.