Employer Employee Wellness Program Committee

Sample Employer Health Promotion Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion

Is your organization’s Employer Health Promotion Program Employee Wellness Program 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 Employer Health Promotion Program meetings.   You may also want to revisit these topics annually.

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

•    Determine Employee Wellness Program Committee meeting frequency and processes
­    Set dates, times, and locations.
­    Determine how agendas will be set.
­    Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

•    Plan Employer Health Promotion Program communication with leadership
­    Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?
­    How often do leaders want reports on Employer Health Promotion Program progress?

•    Select a name and brand for your organization’s Employer Health Promotion Program

•    Develop a vision statement for your organization’s Employer Health Promotion Program

•    Identify existing allies Employer Health Promotion Program for promoting employee health within your organization
­    Who do Employee Wellness Program Committee members know who could be relied on to support worksite changes required to establish a culture that promotes health?

•    Brainstorm challenges your organization may face in working to establish facilities, policies and Employer Health Promotion Program practices that promote employee health
­    What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Employer Health Promotion Program obstacles?

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