Employer Health and Wellness Committee

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Posted by Corporate Wellness | Posted in Corporate Wellness Program, Employer Health | Posted on 01-10-2008

Sample Corporate Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion

Is your employer’s Corporate Wellness Program Health and Wellness Committee new?  Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while?  In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Corporate Wellness Program meetings.   You may also want to revisit these topics annually.

• Clarify roles of Health and Wellness Committee members  
 ­ Are members responsible for implementing changes or recommending changes?
 ­ How long are members’ terms on the Health and Wellness Committee?
 ­ How will new members be selected?

• Determine Health and Wellness Committee meeting frequency and processes 
 ­ Determine dates, times, and locations.
 ­ Determine how agendas will be set.
 ­ Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

• Plan Corporate Wellness Program communication with upper management  
 ­ Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?
 ­ How often do leaders want reports on Corporate Wellness Program progress?

• Select a name and brand for your employer’s Corporate Wellness Program

• Create a vision statement for your employer’s Corporate Wellness Program

• Identify existing allies Corporate Wellness Program for promoting worker health within your employer
 ­ Who do Health and Wellness Committee members know who could be relied on to support workplace changes needed to create a culture that promotes health?

• Brainstorm challenges your employer may face in working to create facilities, policies and Corporate Wellness Program practices that promote worker health
 ­ What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Corporate Wellness Program obstacles?

• History of past Corporate Wellness Program efforts  
 ­ If relevant, summarize past Corporate Wellness Program efforts. Discuss what your employer learned from those efforts.
? What has the employer tried over the last few years?
? What has worked well?
? What hasn’t worked well?
? How, if at all, was success of previous Corporate Wellness Program efforts measured?

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