Do you know the total cost to your business when your employees are ill?  Here are some recent statistics:

• Health plan premiums are directly related to actual health care costs, but premiums are only 24% of your total health care costs. 
• The other 76% are indirect costs associated with presenteeism (the impact of employees working while they're ill), absenteeism, and long term disability.
• Personal illness accounts for 34% of unscheduled absences yearly.
• Every year, 10 chronic conditions cause each affected employee to miss more than 10 workdays on average.
• Overweight and obese employees take more sick leave than non-obese employees and are twice as likely to have high-level absenteeism.
• The average cost of medical expenses and absenteeism related JUST to obesity can range from $460- $2,500 per employee annually.

The powerful combination of simplicityHR by ALTRES and Kaiser Permanente can help your business control overall health care costs and overall labor costs.