The Business Council of Fairfield County will honor 44 companies that make wellness a priority Friday at its seventh annual Healthy Workplaces event. As of Wednesday, 163 attendees had signed up.
Registration, for $35, begins at 7:45 a.m. for the event, presented by The Business Council”™s Wellness Roundtable. The breakfast program is 8 to 9:30 a.m. To register, contact The Business Council of Fairfield County at 203-359-3220 or visit businessfairfield.com.
In an email, the Business Council said, “While Stamford has the majority of firms being represented at 12, companies from throughout Fairfield County will be honored. Nineteen of the 44 companies are being recognized for the first time in our seven-year run, including Aquarion Water Co., Gartner, Gault Energy and Stone, Hubbell, Priceline, Terex and First County Bank.”
Sponsors include First Niagara Risk Management Services Inc. and UnitedHealthcare of CT Inc.
“Having this multiyear perspective is extremely valuable,” said Anthony Aguanno, senior account executive, UnitedHealthcare of CT Inc. and co-chairman of the 2015 Healthy Workplaces employer recognition program. “Since we started this program seven years ago, it is amazing to see how wellness programs have developed and particularly remarkable is the shift from offering activity-based incentives to now offering outcomes-based rewards. … The sheer number of participants this year really highlights that employers of choice are implementing comprehensive wellness programs for not only employee retention but engagement.”
“This year”™s honorees have been able to implement their own bottom-line focused wellness programs in order to provide maximum benefit for their employees,” said Matthew Fair, regional sales director, First Niagara Risk Management Inc. and co-chairman along with Aguanno of the 2015 program. “From offering walking clubs and on-site fitness classes to nutritionists, farmers markets and preventive screening, they have shown that wellness doesn”™t have to be complicated or expensive.”
