Johnson & Johnson's Health and Wellness Program
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THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM contd....
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (EAP)
Employee assistance was an integral part of J&J's HWP. It helped employees
to maintain a balance between their personal and professional lives. The
employees were offered flexibility in deciding their work timings and in few
cases, they were also allowed to work from home.
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J&J hired professionals who assisted employees as well
as their family members to solve issues related to work, family or
interpersonal problems including anxiety, behavioral changes, disease
prevention, divorce, death, education, health, parenting, financial and
legal concerns, lifestyle management, marriage and so on.
The employees were asked to take an active part in health programs that
enabled the company to gauge their health-risks. The main objective of
this health program was to diagnose any early symptoms of diseases and
provide regular therapy or treatment for its prevention and cure. |
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The company also provided detailed information about
such diseases (such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, increased
cholesterol, obesity and stress) and offered exercise and behavioral change
program for its employees. J&J established exercise and fitness centers and
hired wellness experts to manage these.
Besides the various health programs, J&J also provided customized
information, personal support and advice to employees in areas like finance,
re-location or buying real estate, providing care for children (aged six
weeks to six years), older people, sponsoring college education of
employees'children, designing the home budget, providing advice on
effective time-utilization, preparing a will, purchasing consumer goods and
home products, identifying a housekeeper and many more.
DISABILITY MANAGEMENT
As a part of its HWP, J&J offered its employees a disability management
plan. Under this plan, an employee was entitled to disability insurance
claim, if he/she was either partially or fully, temporarily or permanently
disabled during the course of his/her work. In such cases, all financial
expenditure was borne by the company.
The company also offered accident insurance coverage and paid money to the
employee's dependants in the event of his death, loss of limb or vision,
complete or permanent disability due to an accident. Besides that, employees
were entitled to free business accident insurance in case of death or injury
while on some business work.
J&J also offered an optional 24-hour accident insurance, which provided
insurance coverage to employees, irrespective of the time and place of
accident. However, in this the coverage was subject to the employee's
willingness to pay the insurance premium. J&J also offered an optional
dependent accident insurance which was a 24-hour insurance cover, open to
employees'spouse and dependent children upto the age of 23 on payment of
the insurance premium by employees.
ERGONOMICS INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM
THE BENEFITS REAPED
TABLE III - J&J HEALTHY PEOPLE 2005 TARGETS
EXHIBIT I - CHAA'S CRITERIA AND POINT WEIGHTING OVERVIEW
EXHIBIT II - BENEFITS OF HWP REAPED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
EXHIBIT V - THE 16-POINT SAFE FLEET PROGRAM
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