About 57% of larger employers are providing employees with a wellness program, up from 49% in 2006.
Meanwhile, the number of smaller employers–employers with fewer than 500 employees–that offer a wellness program has held steady at 16% during the past 2 years, according to researchers at a unit of MetLife Inc., New York.
The MetLife researchers found that 94% of employers that offer a wellness program think a wellness program can be an effective vehicle for cutting medical costs.