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Sample Employee Health and Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion

Is your company’s Employee Health and Wellness Program Health Promotion Committee new? Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while? In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Employee Health and Wellness Program meetings. You may also want to revisit these topics annually.

• Clarify roles of Health Promotion Committee members
­ Are members responsible for implementing changes or recommending changes?
­ How long are members’ terms on the Health Promotion Committee?
­ How will new members be selected?

• Determine Health Promotion Committee meeting frequency and processes
­ Determine dates, times, and locations.
­ Determine how agendas will be set.
­ Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

• Plan Employee Health and Wellness Program communication with upper management
­ Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?
­ How frequently do leaders want reports on Employee Health and Wellness Program progress?

• Select a name and brand for your company’s Employee Health and Wellness Program

• Develop a vision statement for your company’s Employee Health and Wellness Program

• Identify existing allies Employee Health and Wellness Program for promoting worker health within your company
­ Who do Health Promotion Committee members know who could be relied on to support workplace changes necessary to develop a culture that encourages health?

• Brainstorm challenges your company may face in working to develop facilities, policies and Employee Health and Wellness Program practices that promote worker health
­ What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Employee Health and Wellness Program obstacles?

• History of past Employee Health and Wellness Program efforts
­ If relevant, summarize past Employee Health and Wellness Program efforts. Discuss what your company learned from those efforts.
? What has the company tried over the last few years?
? What has worked well?
? What hasn’t worked well?
? How, if at all, was success of previous Employee Health and Wellness Program efforts measured?