Employee wellness program evaluation.

PDFTech Report42950EmployeesEmployee benefitsHealthPhysical fitnessEvaluation and assessmentReturn on investmentWork environmentMaineMaine. Dept. of TransportationHubley, Teresa A.Dutram, KayUniversity of Southern Maine. Muskie School of Public ServiceUS Transportation CollectionWell-designed wellness programs can keep healthy employees healthy, support employees withhealth risks to improve their health behaviors, and facilitate organizational efforts to achieveworkforce performance goals.Productivity lost through absenteeism, sickness, and injury was a key driver for the developmentof the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) Region 5 wellness program, offered since2004. In 2008, the Maine DOT engaged the University of Southern Maine Muskie School ofPublic Service to create a more robust and sustainable evaluation process for their employeewellness initiative, and assist in planning to replicate the Region 5 program across the state