Estimated total opportunity value created by initiatives that improve specific aspects of employee health and well-being, $ billion
Image description: Five area charts show the estimated total opportunity value created by initiatives that improve specific aspects of employee health and well-being, ranging from total direct costs of poor well-being to total benefits created through good well-being. The initiative with the highest potential value, at $2.1 trillion to $9.3 trillion, is “decreased presenteeism and increased productivity” and sits in the middle of the range. The two areas on the direct-costs end of the range are “decreased attrition,” at $300 billion to $900 billion, and “decreased absenteeism,” at $600 billion. The two areas on the total-benefits end of the range are “increased retention,” at $400 billion to $600 billion, and “increased attraction,” at $300 billion. End of image description.
2,100–9,300
Decreased presenteeism1 and increased productivity
300–900
Decreased attrition
400–600
Increased retention
600
Decreased absenteeism
300
Increased attraction
Total direct costs of poor well-being
Total benefits created through good well-being
1
Definition of “presenteeism” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus: “The act of staying at work longer than usual, or going to work when you are ill, to show that you work hard and are important to your employer.”