A 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 information consultation to over 13,000 callers through our 24-hour nurse line, not including Employee Assistance Program calls.
- 3M provided 7,669 hours of consultation services to U.S. employees and their dependents and leaders to assist them in navigating challenging situations.
- 3M provided 1,466 consultation sessions to U.S. leaders to assist them in supporting the health, productivity and well-being of their employees.
- 3M provided education to 15,467 employees and leaders in the U.S.
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.
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 nearly 8,500 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. Toward that end, many 3M facilities house fitness centers, gyms or workout rooms to encourage employee fitness.
- 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.
