Companies offer workers incentives not only to work safely but to live more healthily. Here are some numbers that document the use of health and wellness incentives by U.S. employers:

• 71 The percentage of employers who offer workers incentives to promote health and wellness (up from 62% last year)
• 192 The average value of incentives per person offered each year
• 5 to 500 The dollar value range of weight management incentives offered
• 5 to 600 The range of smoking cessation incentives offered
• 48 The percentage of employers who offer incentives for participating in a program
• 38 The percentage of employers who offer incentives for completing a program
• 16 The percentage of employers who offer incentives for achieving stated goals or outcomes during the program.

Source: Study by ERISA Industry Committee, National Association of Manufacturers and IncetOne Inc., (225 companies participated) as reported in EHS Today, http://www.ehstoday.com/safety/incentives/ehs_imp_81598

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