Compass Group USA wins Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award

Compass Group USA was named as a 2015 National Business Group on Health Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles® for its ongoing commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy work environment and encouraging their associates and families to maintain healthy lifestyles.

Compass Group USA was among 64 U.S. employers to receive a Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® award at the Leadership Summit sponsored by the National Business Group on Health. Compass Group USA received a Gold Award for its health and wellness programs, marking Compass' fifth year of recognition.

The health and wellness of associates is a top priority for Compass Group USA. In addition to a variety of medical, dental and vision plans, Compass' comprehensive approach to wellness offers associates, spouses/partners and children:

• Health Risk Assessment which provides health guidance as well as a discount towards benefit plans
• Fully covered preventive care which includes annual checkups, physicals, mammograms and certain cancer screenings
• Paid time off to receive preventive care each year
• Online behavioral change programs for tobacco cessation, obesity and stress management
• Condition management for chronic conditions
• Maternity and prenatal support that gives expectant mothers pregnancy-related healthcare information

"At Compass Group, our goal is for you and your family to live well and thrive," says Bob Kovacs, Compass Group USA's vice president of total rewards. "Our health and wellness programs offer associates the resources that help create an energized and boundless future."

Winners of the "Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles" awards were honored in one of two categories: Platinum, for exemplary workplace well-being programs, cultures and results; or Gold, for creating cultural and environmental changes that support employees in their lifestyle and behavior changes.