The Utah Worksite Wellness Council (UWWC) Healthy Worksite Awards Program recognizes Utah employers for their exemplary work in worksite wellness and those committed to improving employee health and well-being. The Awards program showcases employers of all sizes on their worksite health promotion and wellness program. We acknowledge efforts to facilitate and encourage employee health, enhance productivity and ensure a healthy work environment.
Healthy Worksite and Innovation Award Application Timeline
- January 1, 2025 – Online application process opens
- January 31, 2025 – Applications are due
- April 1, 2025 – Announcement of awards
- April 29, 2025 – Awards Luncheon, The Zion’s Bank Technology Center, Midvale, Utah
Why Should I apply?
These awards recognize organizations that have built effective, result-oriented and innovative wellness programs. You are looking out for your employees by providing them the best in workplace wellness, now we want to recognize your hard work!
Who Can Apply?
Public, private, or government organizations that are located in Utah and have employee wellness programs in place during the past twelve months are eligible to receive the award.
Application Deadline, Cost, and Acknowledgement
The application is due January 31, 2025. All award recipients will be formally notified by April 1st, 2025. Awardees will be recognized at the 2025 Utah Worksite Wellness Awards Luncheon on April 29, 2025 at The Zion’s Bank Technology Center, Utah. This will be a separate event outside of our annual conference this year.
The Award application is $25. It DOES NOT include lunch. Lunch tickets can be purchased for $35. All awards lunch tickets must be purchased by April 15, 2025. If you will not be able to attend the awards luncheon, we can mail your award to you for $20. Please select the correct options during the registration process.
What are the Different Awards?
Healthy Worksite Award
The evaluation process uses an assessment tool designed to help employer assess whether they have implemented evidence-based health promotion interventions or strategies in their workplace. Questions are scored based on good, better, and best practices and strategies. The UWWC’s Healthy Worksite Award allows companies to qualify for bronze, silver, gold or platinum level recognition based on their initial assessment score. The four achievement levels, in rank order (highest to lowest), are:
- Platinum represents the pinnacle of results-oriented worksite wellness programming. The Platinum Award is granted to organizations forging new ground by linking health promotion objectives to business outcomes.
- Gold recognizes organizations developing comprehensive programs producing results. These programs are a strategic and integral part of the business.
- Silver recognizes organizations expanding programming and aligning their efforts with the organization’s priorities.
- Bronze recognizes organizations meeting the minimum criteria by demonstrating a solid foundation for success.
Please note our awards application went through a re-evaluation process and the application was significantly changed for 2025 to align with the changing evolution of the workplace, hybrid and remote work, and more.
Innovation Award
Purpose: The purpose of the Innovation Award is to recognize employers who have developed and successfully implemented an innovative (new idea or method) approach to some aspect of worksite wellness. This would demonstrate the value of creativity and flexibility in the resolution of workplace productivity and health promotion.
The 2025 Innovation Award is for work done during the time-period of 1/1/2024-12/31/2024. A selection committee comprised of worksite wellness professionals review and score applications using the following criteria:
- Is the initiative a new or improved take on an existing idea?
- Did the program lead to a larger initiative?
- Did the program/initiative show positive impact in terms of improvement in one or more of the following: engagement, injury rate, workers compensation claims, behavior change, health risk, absenteeism, productivity, employee satisfaction or other variables?
- Was there a positive, long-term change because of the initiative?
- Was the program/initiative evidence-based? Was the program measurable?
Required: Please submit worksite wellness documents as attachments during the application process.
NOTE: You may stop and return to your application anytime, but you will need to return using the same computer you started the application on. You will need to pay the $25 fee in addition to filling out the awards application and any additional award lunches, You can pay for that here.
Questions? Contact us at awards@utahworksitewellness.org
