Asia-Pacific Update: 'Wellness' new weapon to improve Productivity & Performance

'Wellness' new weapon to improve productivity, performance - Indian Express: "According to Mercer Marsh Benefits survey, across the Asia Pacific region, 35 per cent of the 899 companies that participated in the survey spent over 6 per cent of their annual payroll on health benefits in 2011, while 10 per cent spent more than 15 per cent.

Alarmingly, 59 per cent of responding employers expect their health benefits expenses to rise in 2012, and senior management is growing increasingly anxious about their employees' health, the report said.

Mercer's Asia Pacific Employee Health and Benefits Leader Rosaline Chow Koo said "our clients are experiencing the real benefits of implementing health and wellness programmes, as without such preventative programmes in place their employee health profiles continue to deteriorate, particularly among younger employees."

Unhealthy behaviours lead to poor health among employees."

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