Scorecard Questions
Organizational Policies And Environment
- Please indicate the ways your organization demonstrates leadership commitment to employee health and well-being across all levels of management, including members of the C-suite.
All levels of management participate in health and well-being activities. Leaders discuss the value of improving employee health and well-being with all employees (for example, in verbal communications, email bulletins, townhall-style meetings or newsletters).
Leaders publicly recognize employees for healthy actions or health-related achievements.
- Does your organization set aside budgeted dollars toward health and well-being initiatives beyond employer-sponsored health insurance?
Yes/No
2b If no) If financial resources are limited, are alternative support sources (e.g., partnerships, volunteer-led programs, community resources) leveraged to promote well-being?
- Does your organization have a written strategy or framework that guides health and well-being efforts?
Yes/No
If yes) Are the goals and objectives within the strategy specific, measurable, and aligned with organizational values or priorities, and reviewed at least annually?
Yes/NoIf yes) Select all the ways your health and well-being strategy is distributed and implemented to ensure its success.
Managers and supervisors are informed about the strategy and their role in supporting it.
Managers and supervisors are held accountable for contributing to the achievement of well-being goals.
The strategy is communicated to all employees through accessible channels (e.g., posting in common areas, text message, physical mail, email, intranet, team meetings, town halls).There is a system for recognizing individuals or teams who contribute to or achieve well-being goals.
- Does your organization have a dedicated health and well-being structure — such as an active health and well-being committee/taskforce and/or a designated individual or team (paid, volunteer or part-time) — that is responsible for advocating, leading and implementing health and well-being initiatives with input from individuals in multiple levels and positions within the organization?
Yes/No
4b If yes) Please indicate how the health and well-being committee and/or task force operates to ensure success.
Meets regularly to discuss, plan and evaluate well-being initiatives.
Plays a key role in shaping the organization’s health and well-being strategy or plan. Is accountable to senior leadership (e.g., reports progress, shares recommendations).
Includes diverse representation across departments, roles and work environments (e.g., remote, hybrid, in-office).
Collaborates with employees to gather input and feedback on well-being efforts.4c If no) Does your organization plan to develop and implement a health and well-being committee or task force in the next 12 months?
Yes/No
- Does your organization conduct assessments to understand employee health and well-being needs?
Yes/No
5b Select yes or no for all that apply
Yes, through a third-party vendor (e.g., Health Risk Assessments or wellness platforms).
Yes, through internal staff or committees (e.g., surveys, focus groups, pulse checks).
Yes, through health plan data or reports.
No, we do not currently conduct assessments and do not plan to implement any.No, but we are exploring options.
- Does your organization survey employees to assess their ability to access timely and effective mental health care?
Yes/No
- Does your organization have a written mental health policy?
Yes/No
- Does your organization provide employees with free access to mental health support services, such as through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP),a health benefit program or other resources?
Yes/No
- Please indicate which of the following mental health services are available for free or subsidized through your organization's health insurance coverage.
Treatment for mental health conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety)
Mental health medications
Therapy or counseling servicesOrganization's health insurance does not provide coverage for mental health services
- Does your organization provide training for managers and employees to help them recognize potential signs of mental health concerns and refer individuals to appropriate resources? Note: This training is not intended to equip participants to diagnose mental health conditions, but to help them identify potential warning signs and encourage those affected to seek professional support.
Yes/No
- Does your organization have a written tobacco-free policy that bans the use and sale of all tobacco/nicotine products (including e-cigarettes) within enclosed company premise?
Yes/No
- Does your organization promote tobacco-free practices for employees working remotely or off-site?
Yes/No
- Does your organization offer benefits for current non-smokers and for smokers who are actively trying to quit, including tobacco cessation coverage as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, and referrals to cessation resources such as no-cost quit lines or other support services?
Yes/No
- Does your organization promote access to healthy beverage choices for employees across all work environments and work toward reducing or eliminating sugar-sweetened beverages? Examples include: through on-site offerings, wellness stipends, educational resources or vendor guidelines.
Yes/No
- Does your organization ensure that food options provided to employees align with the American Heart Association recommendations for a heart-healthy diet? This includes food catered for meetings and events, food served in the cafeteria, on- or off-site meetings, other meals served at worksites, or meals available for purchase through cafeterias and vending machines.
Yes/No
- Does your organization offer and promote access to physical activity opportunities across all work environments? Some examples include gym memberships, recreation facilities, wellness stipends and/or programs (e.g., yoga, walking groups, fitness classes offered on-site, off-site or virtually)
Yes/No
- Does your organization provide and promote a supportive environment for physical activity? Examples include access to indoor or outdoor walking/jogging tracks or trails, maps or guides for suitable walking routes, bicycle racks or support for active commuting, open space designated for recreation or movement, prompts or signage to encourage physical activity, facilities or benefits that support physical activity, or on-site workout room or on-site room with treadmill with work desk, and encouragement of walking meetings or movement-friendly work practices.
Yes/No
- Does your organization allow employees time during the workday to engage in physical activity?
Yes/No
- Please indicate the ways your organization implements and promotes components of healthy design in the work environment to support employee well-being and productivity. Adjustable or standing desks or ergonomic furniture recommendations for remote workers.
Proper air quality and ventilation, or guidance for home office air quality
Access to meditation, mindfulness or quiet spaces (physical or virtual).Support healthy eating through access to a kitchen or meal prep space, and by designing cafeteria or food service options that promote nutritious choices? For remote employees, are similar supports — such as meal planning resources, healthy eating guidance or wellness stipends — available to encourage healthy habits at home.
- Please indicate whether your organization has policies and/or programs that support the following:
Fertility
Pregnancy
Post-partum
Breastfeeding
Menstrual healthMenopause
- Does your organization offer to all employees across all work environments paid parental leave that is separate from accrued sick leave, annual leave or vacation time? This includes leave for birth, adoption, foster care placement, caregiving, and applies regardless of whether employees work remotely, on-site or in the field.
Yes/No
- Does your organization have a written disaster preparedness and business continuity plan that addresses emergencies for all work environments? Emergencies would include natural disasters, public health crises or security threats. This would include plans for all work environments: office-based, remote, hybrid and field-based.
Yes/No
- Does your organization provide health insurance coverage for free influenza (flu) vaccinations?
Yes/No
- Does your organization offer any support for employee pet ownership? Examples include subsidizing pet health insurance, providing paid leave for pet adoption, reimbursing adoption fees or allowing pets on-site (regularly or on a limited basis).
Yes/No
Programs And Interventions
- Please indicate for which of the following conditions your organization provides free or subsidized programs for employees to help them manage diseases and health risks. Assistance can be delivered through health plans or vendors, lifestyle coaching (one-on-one, group, in-person, online or telephonic with follow-up monitoring), or educational workshops/seminars (in-person or virtual).
Tobacco cessation
Nutrition and healthy eating
Physical activity
Weight management
High blood pressure / Hypertension
Cholesterol
Diabetes
Alcohol use
Drug use
Mental health
Stress Management
Sleep
- Does your organization have a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan (CERP) that aligns with evidence-based guidelines, includes a trained emergency response team to address acute cardiac events (e.g., heart attack, stroke, sudden cardiac arrest) and conducts practice drills at least annually?
Yes/No
- Does your organization have a policy that ensures an adequate number of employees per floor, work unit or shift are certified in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use — through a nationally recognized training program — in alignment with applicable state and federal regulations? At a minimum, does the policy require at least 10% of staff or volunteers to maintain current certification, with training renewed every two years and at least three individuals trained per shift to ensure CPR is initiated, an AED is retrieved, and emergency services are contacted promptly.
Yes/No
- Does your organization institute a policy to educate all employees in CPR, including AEDs, through a training course, video-based education, or a facilitator-led or self-directed activity on an annual basis?
Yes/No
- Does your organization contribute to employees' retirement savings plans?
Yes/No
29b If yes) Is employee participation in the organization's retirement savings account structured as opt-in or opt-out? Opt-in– Employees must actively enroll to participate.
Opt-out– Employees are automatically enrolled upon hire and must take action to disenroll if they choose not to participate.29c If no) Does your organization provide financial literacy resources? Yes/No
Communication & Engagement
- Does your organization tailor its health and well-being communications, programs and educational materials to effectively reach employees across all work environments by considering relevant factors such as age, gender, language, literacy levels, cultural preferences, work environment or job type? Examples include offering materials in multiple languages, using plain language for varying literacy levels, and adapting content to reflect cultural norms or preference.
Yes/No
- Please indicate if your organization engages an employee's dependents in health and well-being initiatives in any of these ways. Dependents include spouses, domestic partners and children. Provide access to well-being programs.
Offer incentives for participation in programs.
Share targeted communications with dependentsCollect health and well-being data related to dependents.
- Does your organization use financial or non-financial incentives and/or provide or subsidize wearable devices to promote employee participation and engagement in the health and well-being program? Examples include rewards, recognition, challenges and activity trackers.
Yes/No
- Please indicate if your organization supports community and societal well-being in any of these ways. Providing and promoting paid time off for employee volunteerism.
Engage in advocacy or supporting local, state or federal policies intended to improve health and well-being.
- Does your organization invest resources to support community initiatives that promote health and well-being? Examples include: financial contributions, in-kind donations, employee volunteerism or matching employee gifts.
Yes/No
- Please indicate if your organization takes action to improve access to health care for employees and/or the communities in which the organization operates. For your employees
The communities in which the organization operates
Reporting Outcomes
- Does your organization conduct a formal evaluation of its health and well-being programs using multiple data sources at least every 2-3 years? Examples of data sources include: employee knowledge of chronic diseases, behavior change, burnout, health risk reduction, job satisfaction, talent attraction, retention, ROI.
Yes/No
- Does your organization use the data collected to improve your health and well-being programs?
Yes/No
- Does your organization examine Employee Assistance Program (EAP) utilization at least quarterly or other health plan data to assess whether employees are accessing appropriate mental health services, with 3-5% of your employees utilizing services?
Yes/No
- Does your organization's human resources department consider the pay scale when designing the benefits plan?
Yes/No
- 40 Does your organization ensure that all employees are paid a living wage and provide access to affordable health care? A living wage is defined as sufficient income for basic living expenses that accounts for the local cost of living. For living wage estimates by county, see the MIT Living Wage Calculator: https://livingwage.mit.edu/
Yes/No
40b If yes) Please indicate if your organization has implemented any of the following strategies regarding employee wages and benefits: Adopted a formal, written policy that guarantees a living wage.
Proactively evaluates and adjusts wages regularly to maintain a living wage for all employees.
Ensures access to health care benefits.
40c If no) Is your organization planning to implement a process to ensure all employees are paid a living wage and have access to affordable health care? The organization is developing a plan and will implement it in less than 6 months.
The organization is developing a plan and will implement in 6-12 months.The organization has no plans to ensure a living wage is paid.
- Does your organization provide opportunities for employees to have a voice in organizational decision-making? Examples include: developing mechanisms that encourage employee input and involvement in decision-making; recognized and rewarded participation; provided and ensured transparency in decision-making; followed up and provided feedback on actions taken based on input received.
Yes/No
Organizational Well-Being
- Does your organization assess workplace psychosocial factors to assist in reducing risks to employee health and well-being across all work environments? Psychosocial factors include workload, role clarity, availability of support, pace of work, work hours, decision latitude, change management, career development, civility and respect, and safety. Work environments include office-based, remote, hybrid and field-based.
Yes/No
- Does your organization promote initiatives that foster a sense of belonging and peer support? Examples include: employee resource/affinity groups (ERGs), team-building activities, employee recognition programs or similar efforts.
Yes/No
- Does your organization offer employees input into their job design? For example, this may include deliberate consideration of the five core job dimensions: 1) skills variety, 2) task identity, 3) task significance, 4) autonomy and 5) feedback.
Yes/No
- Does your organization offer a clear training and development path that supports employee skill-building, leadership growth and/or career advancement? This includes opportunities for upskilling and reskilling to prepare for future industry changes (e.g., automation, AI).
Yes/No
- Does your organization evaluate the alignment between employee skills and job demands through an annual performance review process?
Yes/No