WELLNESS, WORK AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS PART OF CSR INITIATIVES AMONG THE CORPORATE COMPANIES

Abstract

Employee is considered as an important asset in determining the competitiveness of a company.
Taking care of their wellness, health and conducting the employee assistance programs may
boost their motivation and engagement to the company. Those programs could be conducted
through the implementation of CSR initiatives in area of an employee or human resource. Thus,
this paper will deliberately explain wellness, work and employee assistance programs as part
of CSR initiatives among the corporate companies. This paper indicated that health and
wellness of the employee have been the catalyst for their work performance and directly
contribute to the company’s competitiveness. It begins with consideration of company to
employee by implementing the wellness and health employee programme as part of CSR
initiatives proven that the company is concerned and taking care the employee well-being. Next
is employee health and wellness are all matter, whereby employee is the precious asset for the
companies that tends to affect the company performance. CSR is perceived as playing a
significant role to company’s competitiveness especially when it is doing in a right way. It
means that the implementation of CSR provides a series of benefit to companies as well as to
the stakeholders when it was properly planned. Thus, CSR has long been acknowledged and
oblige as a part in business operation in some companies in the world. As for the
recommendation, this paper hopefully will shed a light on important issue of wellness, work
and employee assistance programs to CSR initiatives as employee is such the valuable assets
for any companies that require a much attention from the aspects of their physically and


mentally health and wellness. The healthy and happy employee might contribute much to
companies’ competitive advantage.