UCI Health: Wellness Advertorial

Building a Well Workforce

A healthy bottom line requires a healthy workforce. Here’s how to build yours.

The statistics prove sobering: Absent employees—due to illness or injury—cost U.S. employers $225.8 billion annually in productivity losses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that figure represents $1,685 per employee. Apply that number to your own workforce and consider its impact on your bottom line.

Now factor in that chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes combined with obesity add another $153 billion a year in costs, and you glimpse the size of the problem.

So, what’s the good news?

You have the power to change it…

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Published in Orange County Business Journal