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[i]Chapman, L.H. “Does Wellness Work: A Look at the Evidence for Worksite Wellness.” April 19, 2007.www.awcnet.org/healthacademy/agenda040407.pdf
[i]Ibid.
[i]Right Management and the World Economic Forum, “The Wellness Imperative: Creating More Effective Organizations.” 2010.http://www.right.com/thought-leadership/articles-and-publications/the-wellness-imperative-creating-more-effective-organizations-world-economic-forum-in-partnership-with-right-management.pdf
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[i]Ibid.
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[i]Sasha Corporation. Compilation of Turnover Cost Studies. January 2007. http://www.sashacorp.com/turnframe.html.
[i]A 100-employee firm with $91K average salary, 16% turnover rate, and 300% employee replacement cost suffers $4.37M in annual turnover expense.
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[i]Chapman, L.H. “Does Wellness Work: A Look at the Evidence for Worksite Wellness.” April 19, 2007.www.awcnet.org/healthacademy/agenda040407.pdf
[i]Ibid.
[i]Onigman, M. Despite Treatment, Employees with Depression Generate Higher Absentee Costs. February 11, 2010. Corporate Wellness Today. http://corporatewellnesstoday.blogspot.com/2010/02/despite-treatment-employees-with.html.
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[i]Chapman, L.H. “Does Wellness Work: A Look at the Evidence for Worksite Wellness.” April 19, 2007.www.awcnet.org/healthacademy/agenda040407.pdf
[i]Ibid.
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[i] Schick, S. Are You Ready to Commit to a Wellness Program? January 2010. http://sueschick.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-ready-to-commit-to-wellness.html.
[i]Fortune magazine Top 100 Companies to Work For. February 23, 2010. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/
[i]Schick, S. Are You Ready to Commit to a Wellness Program? January 2010. http://sueschick.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-ready-to-commit-to-wellness.html.
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[i] Bruce Pyenson, interviewed by Employee Benefit News, March 2010. http://ebn.benefitnews.com/podcasts
