For well over a decade, research has been showing the effectiveness of Corporate Health Promotion Programs. For every dollar spent on Corporate Health Promotion Programs, the returns have been cost savings of between $2.30 and $10.10 in the areas of decreased absenteeism, fewer sick days, reduced WSIB/WCB claims, lowered health and insurance costs, and improvements to worker performance and productivity.
Statistics do show that Corporate Health Promotion Programs increase worker morale, improve the ability to attract and retain key people, all while having more alert and productive employees. Some Corporate Health Promotion Program return on investment statistics of note:
• Canada Life Insurance reported a return of $3.43 on Corporate Health Promotion Program, and an overall Corporate Health Promotion Program return on investment of $6.85 on each corporate dollar invested on reduced turnover (32.4 percent lower), productivity gains and decreased medical claims,
• DuPont’s Corporate Health Promotion Program pilot sites saw a saving of 11,726 disability days and a return of U.S. $2.05 for every dollar invested by the end of the second year,
• The Canadian government’s Corporate Health Promotion Program return on investment was $1.95-$3.75 per worker per dollar spent (as found by Dr. Roy Shephard),
• Municipal employees in Toronto, missed 3.35 fewer days in the first six months of their Corporate Health Promotion Program than employees not enrolled in the program,
• British Columbia Hydro employees enrolled in a Corporate Health Promotion Program had a turnover rate of just 3.5 percent compared with a Employer average of 10.3%,
• Johnson & Johnson estimated an average saving of U.S. $224.66 per worker per year for the four years examined after the program introduction, with the bulk of the savings being in the third and fourth years,
• Pacific Bell found that overall absenteeism decreased after implementing a Corporate Health Promotion Program,
• Coca Cola report saving $500 every year per worker after implementing a Corporate Health Promotion Program, with only 60 percent of their employees participating,
• Coors Brewing Co. found that for each dollar spent on their Corporate Health Promotion Program they saw a $5.50 return, and the employees who participated reduced their absentee rate by 18%, and
• Prudential Insurance Company found that the benefits costs for employees participating in their program were $312, as opposed to $574 for non-participants
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