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Businesses plan to increase communications with their employees and shell out more for wellness programs this year, according to the results of a new survey from Virgin Pulse, based in Framingham.
Many of these organizations are making these investments with an eye toward retaining employees, Virgin said in a statement, which addressed a new report that details the results of a survey of nearly 1,400 human resources management professionals.
The report, State of the Industry: Engagement & Wellness in 2015, conducted with Human Capital Media, the research arm of Workforce magazine, sought to gain a deep look at the state of the industry and discover how and why institutions are budgeting, implementing, measuring and improving employee engagement and wellness programs.
Among the findings:
“Modern life is taking its toll on employees and leaving them overwhelmed, stressed out, and depleted,” Virgin Pulse CEO Chris Boyce said in a statement. “That has a major impact on how engaged and productive people are both on and off the job, so leading employers are taking steps to change that.”
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