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After some decreases in 2021, APAC employers report trends toward increasing employee participation across all programs: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 38% in 2020, 22% in 2021 and 26% in 2022; health biometric screenings – 38% in 2020, 21% in 2021 and 26% in 2022; financial wellbeing – 43% in 2020, 20% in 2021 and 26% in 2022; and, onsite/worksite fitness centre – 34% in 2020, 16% in 2021 and 25% in 2022.
Participation rates are trending up in APAC, but they still fall short of 2020 levels for many programmes.
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APAC employers report trends toward increasing employee participation across all programs, after some decreases in 2021: disease management programmes – 38% in 2020, 18% in 2021 and 24% in 2022; health advocacy service – 34% in 2020, 20% in 2021 and 23% in 2022; and case management programmes – 34% in 2020, 13% in 2021 and 22% in 2022; and onsite/worksite medical clinics – 32% in 2020, 18% in 2021 and 27% in 2022.
What percentage of your employees telecommuted before the COVID-19 pandemic compared to now?
Employers report over half of employees continue to telecommute at least part of the time. Internal meetings and onsite health fairs — normally popular communication channels — may fail to reach most workers.
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In 2022, global employers reported 54% of their employees telecommuted compared to 31% before COVID-19.
The biggest challenge is raising participation rates among staff.
— Employer in Singapore
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In 2022, global employers in APAC, EMEA and LATAM used multiple methods for promoting their H&W programmes: email – LATAM 62%, APAC 61% and EMEA 58%; internal meeting – EMEA 54%, LATAM 53% and APAC 51%; webinars/training – APAC 50%, EMEA 41% and LATAM 35%; web banners on company intranet – APAC 44%, EMEA 36% and LATAM 35%; and onsite health fairs – APAC 54%, EMEA and LATAM 30%.
In 2022, employers in the APAC region also used newsletters, posters/flyers, word of mouth, home mailers and wallet cards to promote their H&W programmes.
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In 2022, global employers in APAC, EMEA and LATAM used multiple methods for promoting their H&W programmes (in order of how often the method was used): newsletters – LATAM 47%, EMEA 33% and APAC 24%; posters/flyers – LATAM 39%, APAC and EMEA 32%; word of mouth - Wellness Champion Network – APAC 39%, EMA 27% and LATAM 23%; home mailers – APAC 31%, LATAM 20% and EMEA 18%; and, wallet cards – APAC 26%, LATAM 22% and EMEA 18%.
My company’s greatest challenge is accumulating people at the right time for programmes as the employees are continuing to work from home.
— Employer in India
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2022 International Wellness in the Workplace Study
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Health and wellbeing offerings attract and retain talent
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Health and wellbeing now a top priority, say employers
Survey methodology
- 347 international employers located in APAC, EMEA or LATAM regions
- Global companies with 3,000+ employees
- Decision-makers in human resources, executive, management or administrative roles
- Surveys administered online from 7 April to 5 May 2022