5 ways to engage manual laborers in wellness

Engaging an employer’s manual labor employees in a wellness program can be challenging, because, according to Ann Wyatt of the Minneapolis, Minn.-based wellness company HealthFitness, they tend to have limited access and comfort with technology and a wide range of education levels. As a result, she says, benefit advisers and employers have to be creative when marketing and incentivizing a wellness program. [Images: Thinkstock]

To give manual laborers quick information in a format that workers can easily take with them, Wyatt suggests handing out small, pocket-sized flyers to promote the wellness program and any upcoming challenges.