Why Corporate Wellness Programs Aren't Really Working

Why Corporate Wellness Programs Aren't Really Working

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Reprieve for Coal, Hawaii's Early Electricity, Corporate Wellness Programs

Episode: Reprieve for Coal, Hawaii's Early Electricity, Corporate Wellness Programs

  • Aug 23, 2018 9:00 pm
  • 13:27 mins

Guest: David Molitor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nearly half of workers in America have access to some sort of wellness program. It could be free fitness and nutrition classes or health screenings offered by the employer. Companies spend a lot of money and time on this stuff hoping to make their workers healthier and happier. Do they work? David Molitor says no.