Health and Wellness Leads : Worksite Health Promotion Program: Incentive Seletion

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

Incentives can be used to improve participation rates, help people complete a Worksite Wellness Program, or help people modify or adhere to healthy lifestyles. Providing incentives and rewards and rewards will send an important message to the staff members that your company is committed to assisting them with improving their health. It also plays a important role in motivating people to take part.

Tips on how to choose appropriate incentives/rewards:

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