Damon Jones Studies Workplace Wellness Programs

Recent research from Damon Jones and two co-authors exploring the effectiveness of workplace wellness programs has been featured in multiple news outlets. 

Although organizations spent more than $8 billion in 2016 for programs to reduce employee sick days, encourage healthier lifestyles and cut medical expenditures, Jones and two co-authors found that the impact of these popular workplace wellness programs is negligible. 

“Ultimately, in the first year of the study, we found only a $1 difference in health spending between the control group and the treatment group. There was no difference in sick leave, there was no difference in salary or job separation. In fact, gym visits were nearly identical between the two groups and there was no real difference in running participation,” Jones noted. 

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