Employee Wellness Incentive Programs

Inspire everyday healthy habits

Incentivize and reward healthy behaviors that help employees feel better, live well, and thrive —at work and in life.

The psychology of workplace well-being

Employee well-being is not a nice-to-have perk, like ping pong tables or a day off. It’s foundational to everything you're trying to accomplish such as productivity, engagement, retention, and performance.

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When employees feel supported in their mental, physical, financial, and emotional well-being, they respond positively. It’s as simple as that.

13
%
increase in productivity with higher happiness levels
25
%
lower absenteeism with wellbeing programs
6
%
lower turnover with effective wellness programs

Custom programs

Motivate holistic healthy behaviors

Create wellness programs customized to your goals and culture, ensuring that every employee can participate and benefit.

How it works

Build programs people actually use

STEP 1

Create goal-oriented incentive programs

Motivate healthy behaviors and participation with minimal management and oversight.

STEP 2

Launch programs for specific groups

Tailor your programs to reach specific audiences, whether it’s a single team, a department, or the entire company.

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STEP 3

Drive participation through gamification

Show automated recognitions upon completion to inspire others to join and participate.

STEP 4

View program results in one place

Monitor and manage incentive programs all from one dashboard.

STEP 5

Automate incentive distribution

Streamline the distribution of incentives through the platform, allowing employees to redeem them at any time.

Testimonials

What our customers say

The Awardco platform enables us to reach our global employee base (4,500 and growing) easily and effectively.
Tammy Godby
Senior Manager of Global Organizational Development
Percepta
We have a lot of different programs to ensure we encompass all our employees. Three of them tie directly to our core values: our peer-to-peer program, our manager-led programs, and our safety programs—like our Safety All-Stars, which is a monthly automated award.
Marna Lagerquist
Manager, Talent Acquisition and Development
4Refuel
Seventy-five percent of our employees are out in the field, so how do we get them excited and engaged? The safety programs really got them energized. They had the opportunity to earn a lot of points, but they also received meaningful recognition. I was really impressed by how much our login engagement increased over time.
Marna Lagerquist
Manager, Talent Acquisition and Development
4Refuel
Within AOCC, we’ve built peer nominations into the process. The more recognitions a team member receives, the more points they earn toward winning a High Flyer award. This has fostered real cohesion, inclusivity, and teamwork across the department.
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Kan Ni
Vice President, Airport Operations Control Center, Dubai Airports
Dubai Airports
One year into having sunshine, our recognition, feeling like we're recognized went up ten percent. I think that's just a true testament of how much it means to us. We do have those hard days. And again, the Sunshine Recognition Hub empowers our nurses and team members. It's given us a platform to recognize, those moments of of excellence.
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Mellisa Renter
Director of Professional Nursing Practice
Children's Nebraska
The recognition showed me that even the small, extra efforts I put in are valued. That inspires me to keep contributing beyond my regular responsibilities.
Lav Kumar
Senior Manager, Project Management, Dubai Airports
Dubai Airports
It's really fun to have a tool like Awardco to recognize and thank those people in a much more tangible way that's not only points in their wallet, but also a visible recognition that everybody can interact with.
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Alejandra Caceres
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Crumbl
Awardco has definitely helped us do recognition even better. Recognizing someone you work with, even if you don’t see them every day, has been empowering.
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Ashley Martin
President & CEO
NIBCO

Integrations

Seamless connectivity

Designed to keep things simple and secure, ensuring incentive programs, employee info, budgets, and communications stay in sync.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can wellness points be restricted to wellness-related rewards?
 

Yes. Organizations can create a curated wellness catalog or otherwise limit which rewards are available for a wellness program. Options can include fitness products, healthy-lifestyle items, subscriptions, gift cards, merchandise, experiences, or other configured rewards.

A focused catalog can help align rewards with the purpose of the program, while a broader catalog may give employees more choice. Reward availability, value, currency, fulfillment, shipping, and any restrictions vary by country, reward type, and organization policy.

Organizations should confirm the available catalog controls and reward options during program design.

How customizable are wellness challenges, points, limits, and schedules?
 

Organizations can configure wellness programs completely around their goals, employee groups, activities, point values, thresholds, and time periods. Programs may be scheduled as one-time, seasonal, monthly, quarterly, annual, or ongoing initiatives when supported by the organization’s setup.

Administrators may also be able to define participation limits, submission frequency, maximum earnings, tiers, eligibility rules, and approval requirements. These controls can help organizations tailor programs while managing budget and administrative workload.

Available rules and scheduling options depend on the enabled functionality and program configuration.

Can employees submit proof and can administrators approve it?
 

Depending on the program design, employees can submit an activity or completion record through a configured Awardco experience. A submission may include a description, photo, screenshot, receipt, or other supporting information when those fields are enabled.

Organizations can configure review steps so a benefits administrator, wellness coordinator, manager, or other designated approver can verify a submission before points or rewards are issued. Some programs may use automated activity data instead of manual submissions.

The available submission fields, uploads, approval steps, and limits depend on the organization’s configuration.

What wellness activities can we incentivize?
 

Organizations can design programs around activities such as fitness or step challenges, races and events, preventive-care activities, health assessments, nutrition, mental well-being, financial wellness, educational sessions, or other defined participation goals.

A wellness incentive can be tied to completing an activity, reaching a threshold, participating in a challenge, or meeting another program requirement. Organizations should define activities and eligibility rules in a way that supports their wellness strategy and applicable policies.

The activities, verification methods, and rewards available depend on the organization’s program design and connected data.

Can Awardco connect to our existing wellness provider or benefits program?
 

Yes. Awardco may connect with an organization’s wellness provider, benefits program, HRIS, or other supported data source. Activity or completion data can help determine eligibility, trigger configured rewards, and support reporting.

Depending on the systems involved, information may be exchanged through a supported integration, API, file feed, or another configured connection. Organizations may also use an Awardco submission and approval workflow when an automated connection is not available.

Available providers, fields, sync timing, trigger logic, and implementation requirements depend on the organization’s technology environment and configuration.

Is Awardco a wellness platform or an incentives platform for wellness programs?
 

Awardco can help organizations use recognition and rewards to encourage participation in wellness activities and programs. It can support incentive design, eligibility, rewards, approvals, and reporting around a wellness initiative.

Organizations may use Awardco alongside an existing wellness provider, benefits platform, health plan, or internal wellness program. In that model, the provider or organization delivers the activity, while Awardco helps administer the associated incentive and employee experience.

The right approach depends on whether an organization needs wellness content and programming, incentive administration, or a combination of both.

Put good in, get good out

Build incentive programs that are easy to create, simple to manage, and effective in driving behavior.