Business Case Studies & Template

• Business Case Template Introduction
• Developing Your Business Case
• Active Living Success Stories: Case Studies

Introduction

This template can be used as a reference to help you prepare a business case for active living at work in your own organization. To be most effective, the template should be expanded and adapted to suit the unique needs of your organization.

Detailed data related to current benefit costs, age of workforce, absenteeism, injury costs, etc. can be collected from your own organization. This type of information is needed to demonstrate the financial incentive for your organization to invest in active lifestyle strategies.

Before you start, consider:

• The majority of companies currently offering employee fitness programs do so through memberships in high-quality athletic and fitness clubs.
• Typically, only large companies - those with more than 1,000 employees - find it cost-effective to build and operate on-site facilities.
• Small businesses could consider working with community organizations and resources.
• One in five members of fitness clubs join as a result of company sponsored programs - 83% of clubs offer special corporate rates.

Conclusions that have been reached by researchers

• Comprehensive health promotion and disease management programs are evolving quickly.
• Large gains have been made over the past two decades.
• Quality of life issues are increasingly important to workers.
• Disease prevention is the fastest way to reduce overall health-care costs.
• The data suggests that businesses should get involved in employee health programs - it's in their own best interest.
• The question is no longer whether companies should get into worksite wellness programs, but how best to design, implement and evaluate these programs for optimal results.