Corporations are offering more opportunities for employees to participate in wellness plans, and at the same time they are more generous with workplace flexibility options. While workers are increasingly taking advantage of the former, they are slower to adopt flexible arrangements.
That's what SHRM reported when it culled out wellness program and flexibility data from its major study, Strategic Benefits survey.
"About three-quarters (76 percent) of organizations offered some type of wellness program to employees in 2014, an increase from 70 percent in 2012," SHRM said. "Also in 2014, about one-half (52 percent) of organizations provided employees with the option to use flexible work arrangements, such as teleworking. …Employee participation in these programs is increasing. However, employee participation in flexible work arrangements is progressing at a slower rate than wellness programs."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
