Employee Wellness Research 2016:Almost three-quarters of businesses fail to measure effectiveness

Organisations are failing to measure the effectiveness of their wellness initiatives, according to research conducted by the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) in conjunction with Punter Southall Health & Protection.

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The REBA/Punter Southall Health & Protection Employee Wellness Research 2016 study showed that only just over a quarter (27.4%) of organisations measure the effectiveness of their wellness initiatives.

Of those who have a defined wellness strategy effectiveness measurement is higher but still not universal with only just over half (59.7%) measuring its effectiveness. This compares to just 13.7% measuring effectiveness for those without a wellness strategy.

When it comes to those that do have a wellness strategy in place then participation rates in wellness programmes and employee engagement levels both top the table as the most popular ways to measure effectiveness at 78.4% each.

More than two-thirds (70.3%) looked at employee absence rates to measure effectiveness of wellness whilst 43.2% looked at absence costs.

“Wellness is becoming a key part of employee strategy with its own benefits to the business,” said Debi O’Donovan, director of REBA. “For organsiations not to be measuring the impact of their wellness strategies is therefore madness and something that must be addressed.”

Download a free copy of the 36 page, in-depth REBA/Punter Southall Health & Protection Employee Wellness Research 2016