Awards and Recognition
In a Well Workplace Award winning organization, the vision of protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of each and every employee becomes part of the very fabric of the organization—not something extraneous and peripheral to the core business functions. All Well Workplace Award Winners have used the patented 7 Benchmarks model to help build and shape their wellness programs.
America's Healthiest Companies
To date, hundreds of corporations, healthcare systems, public agencies, and educational institutions have met the rigid set of worksite wellness criteria known as WELCOA’s 7 Benchmarks of Success. See Current Award Designees
2024 winners will be announced soon. The 2025 window will open March 4, 2025 and close on June 6, 2025.
Bronze
Demonstrates a solid foundation for success.
Silver
Aligns efforts with the organization's priorities.
Gold
Initiates a comprehensive program that produces results.
Platinum
Implements a comprehensive program that is strategic and integral to the business.
7 Benchmarks
Benchmark 1
Committed and Aligned Leadership
Leaders throughout the organization are deeply committed to the wellness of employees and are role models of wellness in their own lives. This is an important first component of creating successful worksite wellness initiatives.
Benchmark 2
Collaboration in Support of Wellness
Formal or informal wellness teams are representative of the organization and work together to build and sustain a successful worksite wellness initiative. The important step of engaging stakeholders at all levels helps to maintain a collaborative and cooperative approach to worksite wellness initiatives.
Benchmark 3
Collecting Meaningful Data to Evolve a Wellness Strategy
Efforts to support employee wellness involve understanding employee populations and assessing the current state through confidential and secure data collection. Data collection should measure what matters most to both the organization and the employees.
Benchmark 4
Crafting an Operating Plan
Capturing an organization's goals for wellness initiatives and documenting the details will serve as a roadmap to guide efforts and investments in workplace wellness. The wellness operating plan reflects the vision, values and purpose of an organization.
Benchmark 5
Choosing Initiatives that Support the Whole Employee
Selecting appropriate health and wellness interventions based on data collected serves to enhance decision-making skills. It brings the right intervention to an organization in support of employees across the health continuum toward healthy and thriving lives.
Benchmark 6
Cultivate Supportive Health Promoting Environments, Policies, and Practices
Supporting efforts toward healthy employees includes evaluating policies, practices and promotions to ensure the environment helps foster a successful wellness initiative. It is grounded in the core vision and purpose of the organization. Aim to align the wellness culture throughout the organization so there is consistency within resources, interventions and the experience at work.
Benchmark 7
Conduct Evaluation, Communicate, Celebrate, and Iterate
Each organization strives to develop an understanding of the impact of efforts to support employee wellness. Data collected during evaluation will determine how successful the approach has been and in what ways it can be improved. It also reflects how findings from the evaluation are communicated to ensure continuous improvement efforts in worksite wellness initiatives.
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Your Steps to a Well Workplace
Creating a Well Workplace begins with a uniquely designed approach. See how WELCOA partners with you to build a successful wellness program.
Membership
Join the Wellness Community!
A Wellness Alliance Membership is integral to the Well Workplace process.
Checklist
Does Your Program Measure Up?
Take our free Well Workplace Checklist and know where your wellness program stands.
Training
What Are the 7 Benchmarks?
A tested model inherent in all results-oriented workplace wellness programs.