Well Workplace Awards FAQs

The Makeup Behind the Well Workplace Award

The Well Workplace Process takes Wellness Alliance members on a journey from evaluation and education to validation and designation. Members are guided through the Well Workplace Checklist to evaluate their organization’s wellness culture and then receive an introduction to our 7 Benchmarks framework, based on research and expertise, for building and sustaining successful employee wellness programs. Through our logic model and with access to education from a multitude of experts in the field, members are empowered to discover what their organization needs to implement a successful wellness strategy focusing on whole employee wellness.

The Users Guide is available to make the Well Workplace Award process easier for employers to complete and to improve the consistency of the responses across organizations.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Well Workplace Award

There is a rolling deadline for the Well Workplace Award, meaning you can apply any time throughout the year. We score the applications twice per year.

To apply for the Well Workplace Award, you must be a Wellness Alliance member organization. This means you must have at least one representative from your organization with an active Wellness Alliance membership. That person is the only one that will be able to start an application and submit the completed application.

The Well Workplace Award functionality makes it very easy to collaborate with your client organizations on the application process. However, organizations must be an active Wellness Alliance member to be designated a Well Workplace.

If the client organization is not an active member, they can join the Wellness Alliance for instant access. If you work with multiple client organizations who need memberships, please reach out to our Membership Team at membership@wellnessalliance.org. We can provide you with group package options that would allow us to help you best support your clients.

The organization’s Well Workplace Award is valid for three calendar years. For example, an application submitted and designated in 2025 will cover 2025, 2026 and 2027.

The Well Workplace Award follows the 7 Benchmarks framework so we recommend becoming familiar with each of the benchmarks and taking the 7 Benchmarks Course. If you would like additional consultation or support, let us know. We offer those additional services to help structure your program or apply for the Well Workplace Award.

“WELCOA continues to provide valuable resources that support my wellness consulting practice. I use the Well Workplace Checklist and Well Workplace Award with clients as part of our strategic planning process. The evolution of both has been extremely helpful in shifting the conversation from “how do we implement wellness programs” to “how do we support the organization’s key business objectives by creating more meaningful employee experiences.”

– Michelle Spehr