Percentages of Organizations Offering Stress-Reducing Practices

Source: Annual Benefits Survey Published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Stress Reducing Practice

Year
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
# of organizations responding to the survey 590 379 386   584 551 754 606      
Provide Alternative Work Schedules                      
     Flextime 58 57 56 57 55 64 59 52 54 56 46
     Telecommuting: Part-time basis 33 26 37 36 34 37          
     Telecommuting: Full-time basis 21 19 19 19 17 23          
     Compressed work week 38 35 33 34 31 33 32 28 26 23 22
     Job Sharing 20 18 19 17 22 24 26 23 22 23 21
Assist with Child Care                      
     Allow employee to bring child to work during emergencies 29 22 27 28 29 30 24 22 23 19  
     Paid family leave 33 32   24 23 23 27        
     Provide child care referral service 21 22 20 19 18 20 20 17 15 18 15
     Provide emergency/sick child-care   14 6 9 7 9 14 13 11 11 10
     Provide on-site child care center 6 4 4 4 3 6 5 3 6 4 6
     Provide company-supported child care center 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 3 6 4 5
     Subsidize cost of child care     5 4 3 5 4 6 7 7 6
Assist with Elder Care                      
     Provide an elder care referral service 22 26 21 21 20 21 19 15 14 15 13
     Provide emergency elder care   5 3 2 3 2 5        
     Provide-company supported elder care center     1 <1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
     Subsidize cost of elder care 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
     Provide on-site elder care     1 <1 <1 1          
Increase Employee Wellness                      
     Offer an employee assistance program 73 71 73 70 67 68 68 68 64 67 58
     Provide wellness information 68 66 62 56 57 58 53 51 57 54 43
     Provide health screening programs 47 49 44 43 40 42 38 42 49 46 40
     Sponsor employee sports teams     31   32 39 41 41 47    
     Offer a smoking cessation program 40 39 34 33 32 29 29 28 32 33 28
      Subsidize fitness center dues 30 37 31 30 31 28 26 25 23 22 21
     Provide on-site fitness center 25 22 24 20 22 26 21 20 20 19 16
     Offer a stress-reduction program 15 19 18 19 21 21 20 20 21    
     Offer a weight loss program 32 29 25 26 24 22 17 18 23 19 18
     Provide on-site massage therapy       13 11 12 13 8 8    
     Allow employee to bring pet to work 6 4 4     4          
Assist with Daily Chores                      
     Provide dry cleaning service 13 13 12 11 13 15 13 11 12 8 6
     Provide concierge services 5 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 2 3
     Provide take-home meals 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 1      
Note: CCH also has a survey addressing Work-Life programs  

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