Multinational Workforce Health: Challenges and Prescriptions for Success

In the face of pressures ranging from global economic turmoil to talent management and productivity issues, a number of multinational companies are revamping their health programs to help control long-term costs and drive performance. The right global health strategy can strengthen talent management, boost productivity and help alleviate cost and risk pressures.

Yet health issues brought on by stress, aging workforces and chronic disease remain key challenges for employers in developed economies around the world. Moreover, the results of a recent Towers Watson survey, Workforce Health Strategies: A Multinational Perspective, show that less than half of respondents provide case management programs, and only a quarter provide disease management programs or health risk assessments in all or most countries in which they operate.

On May 26, Towers Watson hosted a web conference to discuss how companies are looking beyond immediate costs to address population health risks and other challenges.

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