Employee Health and Wellness
Dell delivers multiple programs that help employees keep themselves and their families healthy. We monitor our programs for effectiveness and compliance. Global Benefits and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) teams engage employees through voluntary, on-site programs that offer medical screenings, vision checks, immunizations, smoking cessation and stress management programs and events.
Global Benefits
Dell’s employee benefit plans are designed to help employees and their dependents in planning and providing for major life events, such as illness, disability, retirement and death. Discretionary benefits programs are listed in Figure 60.
Our health improvement programs, branded Well at Dell, promote employee health, offer health management assistance and support employees in reducing health risks. Offerings vary by region; examples of Well at Dell activities include:
- On-site fitness or wellness centers where employees can exercise or receive information on staying healthy
- Voluntary blood pressure, cholesterol and breast cancer screenings
- Health and wellness educational seminars featuring topics, such as smoking cessation, nutrition and exercise, and disease prevention
- Employee and community events such as blood drives and home safety fairs
- Seasonal flu vaccines for employees and dependents
- Opportunities to improve health and reduce out-of-pocket medical insurance costs through participation in targeted health improvement programs
Regional Program
Dell™ regional Health and Wellness Teams developed programs that would have the most impact in their respective regions. The programs were tailored to best meet employee needs.
Australia’s programs included:
- Employee participation in Corporate Games, competing in an array of different sports
- Availability of swim passes for employees to use at the local aquatic center
- Participation in a football league, competing against other local businesses
Canada’s programs included:
- On-site yoga and kickboxing classes
- On-site massage therapy
- Health fairs focused on Dell’s health and wellness
- Programs and services
China’s wellness programs included:
- Tips on healthy eating
- Emergency response and first aid
- Typhoon and emergency preparedness information
- Education on health benefits of physical activity to encourage healthy behaviors
- Lectures on women’s health
Panama’s Health and Wellness Team provided:
- Weekly power-walking sessions with stretching and core strength exercises
- Healthy weight programs
- Healthy pregnancy presentation covering prenatal weight control, newborn care, nutrition while pregnant and breast feeding, and exercise recommendations
- A cancer awareness month that included presentations on both breast and prostate cancer
- On-site lab screenings and dental and vision testing led by the Dell Health and Wellness Team
In India, the programs included:
- Know your Numbers, a health check, including blood testing, body mass index (BMI) measurement, blood pressure and dental checks
- Cardiac awareness events
- Addition of healthy meal choices at the cafeteria