Employee Wellness Program Evaluation: Cognizant Canada Analysis

This report investigates the employee wellness program at Cognizant Canada, providing an overview of the organization, including its type of work, number of employees, and work hours. It evaluates the current employee awareness programs implemented by the HR department, such as tracking stress factors, developing health initiatives, establishing boundaries, and maintaining a flexible work environment. The report also suggests enhancements to the wellness program, such as incorporating stress management techniques, prioritizing activities, and avoiding procrastination. It concludes by emphasizing the significance of employee wellness and recommending improvements for Cognizant Canada's existing plan, while highlighting that Desklib offers similar resources for students.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Overview of organization:..........................................................................................................2
Employee awareness programming...........................................................................................3
Suggestions for enhancement.....................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The notable determination of this report is to investigate employee wellness program
of Cognizant which is one of the most reputed commercial organization of Canada. Detailed
discussion of the organization and the employee wellness practises will be evaluated and
improvements will be suggested in this report.
Overview of organization:
 Type of work: There are diverse categories of services provided by Cognizant
Solutions of Canada. The range of services includes IT solutions, consulting and
operation services. There are diverse categories of in-house technologies which are
created by this organization.
 Number of employees: More than 35000 employee works for this organization in
Canada.
 Hours worked by employees: There are diverse categories of employee which works
for this organization on contract basis. This organization have wide range of contracts
and the range of projects are the parameters of selection contracts for each of the
employees.
This organization have two shift hours as it have clients and other business partners all
over the world. In order to meet with the complication of the time zones this organization
have two day and night shift. This commercial establishment have both temporary staff and
permanent staff. Most of the long and complicated projects are managed by the permanent
staffs and the shorter and simpler projects are managed using the temporary staffs.
 Nature of work: Providing digital solutions is the prime activity of each of the
stakeholders working in this organization, apart from that there are separate

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responsibilities for each of the departments like sales and marketing, finance and
server team. Safety of the employee is highly considered by the public relations
manager of each of the branches of CTS across Canada. There is a high stress to meet
the monthly production for each of the employees working in this organization.
Employee awareness programming
Support from the operational manager and the higher management authority can be
the other significant step taken by Cognizant Canada to deal with the high stress faced by
each employee of this organization. There are diverse categories of steps which are taken by
the HR department of this organization to deal with the stress faced by the employees of this
organization due to the intense work pressure and company policies. The list of activities
which is practised by the HR department to minimise the stress are listed as below.
 Tracking the possible stress factors for each of the employees.
 Development of health factors
 Establishment of the boundaries is the other stress busting schedule practised in CTS.
 Flexible work environment is maintained in each of the department of CTS.
There are positives and negatives associated with each of the step taken to deal with
the stress. The physical reasons behind the stress factors are addressed using the health
factors, the intellectual aspect of the stress are addressed in the work environment of CTS as
they maintain a flexible work environment. The social reason behind the stress are generally
address using detailed examination of each the possible stress factors for each of the
employees.
Effectiveness of these plan scan be understood in the first place using the detailed
personal interview which taken places once in a month in this organization. The changes

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required in these polices can also be understood by the HR department using these interview.

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Suggestions for enhancement
Considering the dimension of wellness there are diverse categories of improvement
which can be very much beneficial to remove the possible gap in the employee wellness
program. These suggestions will be discussed in this section of the report.
Stress management techniques like having a positive attitude, relaxation techniques,
maintaining a well-balanced meal.
Prioritization of each of the activities in the workplace can be very much useful for
the employees to reduce the immense stress faced by each employees working in this
organization. Breaking down the activities during the peak season can be very much useful to
minimise the immense stress faced by each of the employee. The concept of procrastination
can be the must be avoided in the first place. All the changes in terms of the policies must be
getting the approval employee using the feedback form.
Conclusion
The report is very much useful to understand the significance of the employee
wellness program in Cognizant Canada. The overview of the organization can also be
understood from the report as well in terms of the type of work, number of employees, hours
worked by the employees. The current practices of the HR department in CTS can also be
understood from this report like development of health factors and maintaining flexible work
environment. The report also discusses the suggestions which can improve the existing
employee wellness plan in CTS like including the stress management techniques and
prioritization of each of the activities of the employees.

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