Whirlpool Corporation
DATE: TO: September 18, 2008 Dana Donnley Director of Employee Communication, Whirlpool Corporation Human Resources, Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Insurance Provider Legal Department, Whirlpool Corporation Corporate Communications, Whirlpool Corporation XXXXXX XXXXXX Employee Communication Manager Implementation of New Whirlpool Corporation Employee Wellness Program

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This memo recommends that Whirlpool Corporation announce a new expansion to the Employee Wellness Program: the inclusion of spouses of employees. By offering annual physicals to employees and their spouses, Whirlpool hopes to see a decrease in company insurance spending and an increase in employee productivity and general wellbeing. BACKGROUND Whirlpool Corporation developed the Employee Wellness Program in hopes of maintaining healthy and productive employees, as well as decreasing the use of insurance benefit dollars. In the past, this program included an annual mini-physical offered to each employee at the company’s expense. This physical is comprehensive, mainly serving as a screening program to let our employees know the general condition of their health. A company doctor performs the physical and mails the results directly to the employee, thereby ensuring complete confidentiality. Recently, it has been proposed that this program now be offered to the spouses of our employees, something that Whirlpool thinks will be advantageous in the health of our company. However, there are several barriers to the success of the addition to this program. DISCUSSION The benefits of the Whirlpool Corporation Employee Wellness Program are both financial and efficient. These annual physical examinations will promote health awareness and increase the chance of exposing serious illness at earlier stages. Because the new program exposes spouses to these benefits,