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There are no tax exemptions associated with Wellness programs in the UK. The UK Wellness programs are patchy: Where available Private sector use 3rd party providers who provide these services funded by private health insurers. The Private health insurance market covers only about a 1/7 of the UK population. The package is a taxable benefit for the individual employee Public sector funded programmes are locally funded (if they do exist) and are part of operating expenses, but are not taxable benefits (from individual employees) Much of public sector occupational health is also provided by the National Health Service. I would be interested in any references : re Workplace wellness programmes and reducing cost of sickness absence. Vijaya Madhavan Director Hopscotch Health Employee & Personal Health Benefits Consultancy On 16 February 2011 20:43, Mayer Brezis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi: > > I have a question related to work health policy. > > There is reasonably good evidence that wellness programs at work increase > productivity, in addition to decreasing costs related to absenteeism and > "presenteeism" (at work but out of it), with a return on investment of about > $6 for each $1. For those interested I can share references. > > A natural win-win strategy would be to set tax exemption policies for those > wellness programs. In the US, such a proposed act has not yet been passed, > I understand: > > > http://eba.benefitnews.com/news/workplace-wellness-bill-reintroduced-with-greater-support-2672027-1.html > > Is there a precedent in any other country? > > Thanks for any tip. > > > > Mayer Brezis, MD MPH > Professor of Medicine > Director, Center for Clinical Quality & Safety > Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center > Jerusalem, Israel > > Office phone 02-6777110 > > Cellular 050-787-4596 > > Fax 02-643-9730 > > www.hadassah.org.il/departments/quality > > > > > > > > >