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A Healthy & Productive Workforce


Healthy Productive Workforce

3M has a long-held commitment to our employees' well-being, health and productivity. Since the 1930s when 3M began providing a financial safety net for employees experiencing disabling health problems, 3M has had a tradition of offering premier medical and disability benefits as part of our competitive compensation.

3M also provides a broad range of wellness resources to promote employee health and productivity. We have systems in place to help measure the effectiveness of health and productivity programs and activities, to help us build on our successes and target areas for improvement.


  • 3M provided over 7,200 hours of consultation services to U.S. employees and their dependents and leaders to assist them in navigating challenging situations.
  • 3M provided 1,642 consultation sessions to U.S. leaders to assist them in supporting the health, productivity and well-being of their employees.
  • The 3M Employee Assistance Program educational presentations were attended by 23,860 employees and leaders in the U.S.

A Healthy and Productive Workforce Examples

Strategic Goals in Personal Health Improvement

Engage employees in:

  • Maintaining and improving personal health.
  • Managing stress and signs of risk to personal health and safety.
  • Managing chronic illness and injury.
  • Effectively utilizing health care and 3M resources.

Healthy Living Resources

3M introduced a Healthy Living Resources program for U.S. employees which provides tools and information to help them get more out of life. The program includes information, tools and resources in four key areas:

  • For a Healthier You: Resources to help you be healthier — physically and emotionally
  • For Your Work Life: Resources to help you be healthy and productive at work
  • For Your Personal and Family Life: Resources to help care for you and your family
  • For Your Convenience: Resources to save you time

Health & Productivity Rebate

3M introduced a health and productivity rebate program to help U.S. 3M plants join benefits to reduce preventable health care costs. The program measures key influencers of good health and consumerism. Locations that successfully hit their targets earn a financial incentive.

3M's Total Disability Management Process

3M has a comprehensive disability management process that helps employees and 3M help prevent an injury or illness from becoming a disability. The program was introduced in 1996 within the United States and Puerto Rico. The key to the program is careful case management to minimize the impact of illness or injury to improve employee health and productivity.

Employee Assistance Program

In 1974, 3M began an employee assistance program which today provides over 7,200 hours of consultation to U.S. employees and their dependents and leaders across 3M to assist them in navigating challenging situations. In some locations outside of the United States, 3M offers employee assistance resources at the local level. Resources to promote health and productivity and prevent and manage behavioral health conditions are available through printed literature and other media on topics such as:

  • Personal, family and organizational resiliency
  • Stress management
  • Shiftwork
  • Depression
  • Family chemical health
  • Supporting employees or family members through grief or troubling situations.

Support for Employee Health

3M encourages employees to be responsible for their health through a variety of supplemental services and resources.

  • 3M assists employees in effectively managing their health and being good consumers of the medical care provided under their benefits through education and awareness programs.
  • Physical fitness is an integral part of 3M's model for health and productivity. Many 3M facilities house on-site fitness centers, gyms or workout rooms to encourage employee fitness. 3M also offers a monthly fitness center discount at participating fitness centers to U.S. employees through their 3M medical plan administrator.
  • To promote individual health and wellness, 3M U.S. employees were offered a financial incentive to complete an online health assessment and free wellness screening at their convenience.
  • Access to an onsite pharmacy for U.S. employees and retirees at 3M Corporate Headquarters, which provides convenience and consultation services.
  • 3M partners with various U.S. community health organizations such as the Buyers Health Care Action Group, which promotes by providing incentives for innovative and appropriate health, as subscribed by Minnesota Community Measurement group.
  • To help reduce employee exposure to secondhand smoke and to support employees who smoke in their efforts to quit, 3M's U.S. facilities (and most facilities outside the U.S.) became smoke-free in 1999. 3M offers free tobacco cessation programs through our HealthPartners and Blue Cross Blue Shield health care plans. 3M will cover 100 percent of the cost of Nicotine Replacement Therapy when employees participate.