In this edition

Employer-sponsored worksite health: Offering solutions across the globe

Employers across the globe have strived to effectively manage rising health care spend by engaging employees to understand and seek to improve their health situation. This article takes an in-depth look at the recent surge of interest in onsite health centers and employers' emerging practices for reaching employees in smaller, more remote locations.

 David Kaplan   David Keyt  Bruce Hochstadt

Health + Engagement = Productivity

Global imperatives for investment in health management are numerous with increasing health costs, an aging workforce, competition of talent and employee engagement and productivity topping the list. This article will look at how to achieve a healthy and productive workforce and get ahead of the competition by investing in well-being, creating healthy habits to support behavioral change, understanding and being aware of mental health conditions and establishing care pathways for employees.

 Wolfgang Seidl

Health benefits for an aging population in the UK

Continuing medical advances and a greater understanding of health risks (particularly around the dangers of smoking and obesity) are helping individuals around the world live longer, but not always healthier, lives. This article takes a look at what’s causing mortality rates to drop, how trends affect the cost of health benefits, what governments are doing, and how employers and individuals can work together to improve workplace wellness.

 Jamie Marshall

Health, choice and engagement in Asia Pacific 

Employers in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific face the dynamic realities of significant economic growth as well as increasing employee health risks and rising demand for services. This article will look at survey findings that show how in an environment where employers are faced with the need to contain costs, retain key employees and engage workers, choice is emerging as one of the strongest competitive tools in the Asia Pacific HR arsenal.  

 Rosaline Chow Koo