Employee Health
- 62%
- Percentage of employees with access to on-site health and wellness programs
- 2,000
- Number of U.S. employees who had on-site health screenings in 2006
More than 62 percent of our North American employees have access to on-site health and wellness programs.
The health and safety of Weyerhaeuser employees is a core company value. We meet the OSHA requirement for formal health and safety committees at all U.S. sites. Across our North American operations, 330 locations have registered site health and wellness programs. Employees with access to those programs total 27,777, which is more than 62 percent of our North American employees.
Competitive Benefits
Our highly competitive compensation and benefits package ranks in the top quartile of our peer companies. This comprehensive package includes:
- Competitive base pay and pay for performance
- Medical and dental plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) plan
- A well-funded defined pension plan
Health Connection
A new program, Health Connection, was launched in early 2006 to help North American employees and retirees make healthy choices and to control health care costs. Health Connection programs offer resources, information and support for employees and their families to stay healthy, make healthy lifestyle choices, and be better consumers of health care. The overall objective is to identify and diminish root causes that contribute to poor health and serious diseases, such as depression and unmanaged stress, excess weight, high blood pressure, tobacco use and inactivity.
Many efforts engage Weyerhaeuser people in improving their health, on both the companywide and site levels. Work site health and wellness coordinators support on-site activities at more than 70 percent of our locations.
Specific programs offered by Health Connection include:
- Employee Assistance
- Subsidized Weight Watchers
- Personal Health Resources website
- Personal health coaching by phone
- Personal health assessments
- On-site health screenings
- FreshStart tobacco cessation
- Physical activity campaigns
- Monthly webinars
Employees Engaged in Health Programs
In 2006, nearly 2,000 U.S. employees took advantage of on-site health screenings, and about 8 percent of U.S. employees used the Employee Assistance Program. More than 10,000 employees and spouses participated in personal health assessments. In the future, the company plans to introduce more Health Connection offerings, such as subsidized flu shots, across U.S. sites. Overall, the goal is to encourage more employee use of preventive care services, such as getting mammograms, participating in personal health coaching, and taking part in on-site health screenings.
