Health Handouts : Workplace Wellness Program: Incentive Seletion

Incentives promote staff members to adopt positive behaviors or maintain an existing positive behavior that may potentially help the employee stay healthy and live longer. Adopting positive health behavior is fundamentally what wellness is about.

Incentives can be used to increase participation rates, help people complete a Corporate Wellness Program, or help people change or adhere to healthy lifestyles. Providing rewards and incentives and rewards will send an valuable message to the staff members that your corporation is committed to helping them with bettering their health. It also plays a valuable role in motivating people to participate.

Tips on how to choose appropriate incentives and rewards:

• Determine through an employee survey what incentives/rewards they value.
• Identify what rewards and incentives the employer can support as well as what the budget will allow.
• Make sure that every colleague who achieves a goal receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering incentives for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use incentives to promote your Company Wellness Program, through logos and branding.