Return on Investment on Health and Wellness Initiatives in the Legal Profession

On January 22, 2009, the Work Life Balance Committee of the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch (CBABC) held a luncheon presentation in Vancouver. UBC Professor Joe Weiler, UBC Research Associate Arun Mohan and Antonio Zivanovic of Corporate Occupational Solutions provided insight and recommendations for achieving greater balance in our professional lives.

A few of the topics covered at this well-attended event, include:

• Absenteeism Rates
• Essential Components of a Workplace Wellness Program
• Health and Fitness as a 2010 Olympic Program
• Health Care and WCB Costs
• Labour-Management Relations
• Return on Investment
• The Weiler-Mohan Study
  • Weiler-Mohan Local Firm Empirical Case Studies
  • Weiler-Mohan US Case Studies
  • Weiler and Mohan Study Recommendations for a Successful Workplace Wellness Program

Speaker Spotlight Arun Mohan, BA (Hons), LLB, graduated from UBC Law School in 2006. Since that time, he has been busy with all things Olympic and workplace wellness. Specifically, he researches and writes extensively on the growth of sustainability as an Olympic value, the creation of legacies prior to and after the staging of a mega event (particularly the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games), and workplace health and fitness and work-life balance as a labour market imperative. He also speaks and presents on these topics in a variety of forums, including panel discussions, round-table events, and conferences. He presently does consulting work for 2010 Games Sponsor Teck Cominco, and VANOC, and is co-instructor of several courses at UBC Law School.

[posted February 9, 2009]