Write a paper addressing the HRM topic of employee health and well-being.

Also address the following in your paper:

a. Introduction: provide an introduction. Introduce the topic and also the organization.

b. Five dramatic changes to work site demographics: name the five most dramatic changes to the work site demographics over the past decade and their influence in the workplace. Describe how these have had an impact on your organization.

c. Top health cost drivers: identify the top health cost drivers. Include the definitions of presenteeism and absenteeism.

i. Which of these top health cost drivers are affecting your organization’s bottom line?

ii. Prepare a framework to calculate costs.

1. Obtain total number of employees of the organization.

2. Obtain actual organization data on the prevalence of each risk factor in your workforce using employee health risk surveys and health screenings, or use national norms.

3. Calculate the risk-factor-specific lost productivity (absenteeism and presenteeism) costs and the risk-factor-specific total costs (medical and lost productivity)

4. Place the completed tables in the appendix section of the paper with narrative reference to the tables in the body of the paper.

d. when addressing employee well being from a strategic viewpoint, it is important to understand the work site culture and environment, as well as individual and workplace health determinants. The most notable health determinant variables– as detailed in the report – include: past behavior, demographics, personality traits, social supports, family functioning, ongoing contact with health advocates, social ecology or networking.

i. current state of cultural norms and health: include in the report a description of the current state of cultural norms and health, as well as the employer’s present assumption of responsibility for creating a healthy work culture.

ii. Current state of health determinants: the notable health determinants cited above “represent significant predictors of dietary and exercise regimen adherence, smoking cessation, decreased alcohol consumption and adherence to medical treatment regimens”. Describe the current state of these health determinants for your employees and organization environment.

e. Identified existing gaps: pull together the information provided in the cost analysis (c.) and the current state of the organization, as well as any other resources available to tap into identify the most pressing health and work behavior challenges for the company (e.g., absenteeism, disability and health care utilization rates when compared to benchmark/industry averages, upward trends in the average annual percentage rate increase of costs attributable to health and worksite behavior (i.e., increased incidents of workers’ compensation claims), and so forth. then, identify any gap(s) that exists between the current state of employee well being and the ideal state of employee well-being.

f. A health and work behavior plan: using the information provided in the report and elsewhere, develop a health and work behavior plan. a table or other graphic form (with possible inclusion of a timetable and/or hr metrics) may be used to display the health and work behavior plan information.

g. Integrate the concepts of employee and labor relations– from the perspective of on boarding, with an understanding of those same or similar concepts from a Christian worldview.

h. Conclusion: provide a conclusion.