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Top Employee Health and Wellness Trends 2020-2021

BY Lucy Fang
Sep 03, 2021
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Health and wellness is more important to people than ever before and companies are taking notice. A recent report from Shortlister reviewed the top employee wellness trends for the last few years. The categories they reviewed include:

  • Prioritizing wellness/well-being as a business objective
  • Implementing a wellness program via a third-party vendor
  • Implementing Point Solutions
  • Post-Pandemic Employee Wellness Investment Trends

Prioritizing wellness/well-being as a business objective

The majority of businesses surveyed said that wellness is one of their business objectives. In 2020, 97% of businesses surveyed said wellness prioritization is an equal or greater priority to them than the year before. 

Implementing a wellness program via a third-party vendor

31% of businesses surveyed said that they were prioritizing Implementing a wellness program via a third-party vendor more in 2020 than in 2019. 

Implementing Point Solutions

51% of companies surveyed showed a greater interest in implementing points-based wellness programs.

Post-Pandemic Employee Wellness Investment Trends

Follow the issues presented by the pandemic, many companies have changed their prioritization of various wellness issues. Here is a breakdown of those changes for 2021:

  • 96% are more Interest in Behavioral Health than the previous year
  • 22% are more Interest in Biometric Screenings than the previous year
  • 74% are more Interest in Caregiving / Senior Support than the previous year
  • 84% are more Interest in Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) than the previous year
  • 55% are more Interest in Diabetes Management than the previous year
  • 91% are more Interest in Telehealth than the previous year
  • 80% are more Interest in Financial Wellness than the previous year
  • 32% are incorporating diversity, equity, & inclusion objectives into their wellness strategy.

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