Rising health care costs are driving more employers to take up the “sticks painted orange” approach to wellness, with 47% saying they either already use or plan to use financial penalties over the next three to five years for employees who do not participate in certain health improvement programs, according to new Hewitt numbers.
However, in a recent contribution to HRE Online, health care consultant Carol Hartnett, questioned whether such an approach is the most effective in achieving long-term behavior change toward health and fitness — the true holy grail that workplace wellness programs are after.
