Mercer Marsh Benefits
2024-2025 Healthiest Workplace Awards
As a leading professional consulting firm in employee health and benefits, Mercer has been providing trusted advice and solutions to build healthier and more sustainable futures for our clients, colleagues and communities.
Hong Kong’s first Healthiest Workplace Awards are open to all employers operating within Hong Kong and will be announced at our first awards ceremony on April 2nd 2025. The program is aimed to award employers who provide the healthiest working environment and employee wellness benefits/support for the purpose of improving the workforce’s overall health and wellbeing.
The program is also dedicated to promoting effective & innovative health & well-being practices, spreading outstanding health management methodologies to more organizations and to help build more awareness and engagement in the importance of employee well-being.
Award categories
- 1 Mercer’s Healthiest Workplace Award
- 2 Outstanding Mental Health Practice / Care Pathway Award (backed by the Mental Health City Alliance of Hong Kong)
- 3 Best Multinational Wellbeing Strategy Award
Assessment approach
- Each business case will be assessed according to the metrics below.
- The assessment is based on qualitative and quantitative measures and subject to the consensus reached by the judging panel, through the evaluation process.
| Category | % | Parameter | Guiding Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data & Diagnostic Driven | 25 | Evidence of market trend data, claims data or employee health risk data. | Demonstrate the wellness program is aligned with current employee/market or industry data. |
Targeted |
25 |
Program is aligned and supports the overall objective/success measures & identified employee health risks. | Evidence that the program is aligned with the identified data. |
| Effectiveness | 20 | The results of the programs are measured through relevant data and indicators. | Showcase the changes the program achieved including the baseline and outcomes of the changes. |
| Communications Strategy | 15 | Can show a structured communications strategy with a calendar of events | Types of communication channels and platform used. Demonstrate the engagement numbers for the program. |
| Leadership Training | 15 | Leaders have been provided the right knowledge, educations tools to support employee’s health, mental & wellbeing concerns/risks. | Leadership workshops, training, engagement or certifications etc… |
Program timeline
Frequently Asked Questions
By entering MMB’s Healthiest Workplace the participating company will be recognized as a caring company that looks after their employees’ wellbeing.
In addition, you will have access to the following:
- Employee’s Health Risk Assessment Report on a complementary basis.
- Overall Workplace Health Trends Reports.
- Customized overall health evaluation and benchmark report at a discounted price.
The Hong Kong Healthiest Workplace Awards are opened to all employers operating within Hong Kong.
- Want to be recognized as providing the healthiest working environment and employee wellness benefits and support.
- Aspire to improve the workforce’s overall health and wellbeing.
- Promote effective, innovative health managing practices.
- Increase productivity through employee well-being.
The Healthiest Workplace Award goes through a two-stage evaluation process.
- All nominations will receive a certificate of participation.
- At the first stage, MMB Hong Kong Wellness team will select the finalists
- At the second stage, the panel of judges will review the finalist’s business case submissions.
- The finalists will need to complete a presentation talking through the business case and alignment of the workforce health risk to the case.
- The winners will be announced in April at the launch of the Mercer Marsh Benefits Health on Demand Thought Leadership event.