Paychex Named One of the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles®

Paychex is among 48 U.S. employers that received the 2017 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award, presented at the National Business Group on Health's Workforce Strategy 2017 Conference. This is the first time Paychex has achieved a Platinum Award, which represents the top tier of all applicants.

"Wellness is a big part of our workplace culture," said Laurie Zaucha, Paychex vice president of human resources and organizational development. "At locations around the country, you'll find employees using sit-stand workstations, taking walk breaks on walking paths or around the parking lot, and participating in team-based wellness challenges that take place throughout the year. Achieving platinum-level recognition reflects our commitment to helping our employees live healthy lives, and reinforces our belief that healthy employees are more engaged, more resilient, and better able to tackle the demands of their daily work."

Paychex has long recognized the benefits of workplace wellness. Over the past two decades, its wellness program has evolved into one that helps employees make health a priority while addressing the environmental and cultural factors that influence all dimensions of well-being, including social connectedness, financial fitness, and community engagement. The program includes multi-week team wellness challenges; best-in-class tobacco cessation; healthy food in company cafeterias and vending machines; partnership with community-supported agriculture; blood pressure kiosks; ergonomics; treadmill workstations; financial well-being; monthly fresh fruit deliveries to offices most engaged in wellness; flu shots; health coaching; voluntary on-site screenings; and measurable outcomes around health risk, workforce engagement, productivity, and satisfaction. Recent additions include a healthy eating cookbook with employee-submitted recipes and an evidence-based program to help employees' children lead healthier lives. 

Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health, commended, "We are delighted to recognize Paychex for their innovative approach to employee, family, and community health and well-being. Paychex is among an elite group of employers who are embracing well-being as an important part of their workforce strategy and working to construct a culture that promotes productivity, engagement, and happiness. We congratulate Paychex and their leaders."

About Paychex
Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, HR, retirement, and insurance services. By combining its innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers small- and medium-sized business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 45 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves approximately 605,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2017, across more than 100 locations and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com, and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.

About the National Business Group on Health^®
The National Business Group on Health is the nation's only non-profit organization devoted exclusively to representing large employers' perspective on national health policy issues and helping companies optimize business performance through health improvement, innovation, and health care management. The Business Group's mission is to keep its membership on the leading edge of innovation, thinking, and action to address health care cost and the delivery, financing, affordability, and consumer experience with the health care system. Business Group members, which include 73 Fortune 100 companies, provide health coverage for more than 50 million U.S. workers, retirees, and their families. For more information, visit www.businessgrouphealth.org.

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Becky Cania, Manager of Employee and Corporate Communications
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SOURCE Paychex, Inc.

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