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Application Process


Apply for the Best Employers Award: Excellence in Health & Well-being to highlight how your organization goes above and beyond to offer your employees comprehensive, innovative and impactful benefits and programs.

Applications for the 2026 Best Employers Award are now closed.


Applicants are assessed on approaches to:

  • Leadership, Culture and Well-being Strategy;
  • Holistic Well-being;
  • Engagement and the Employee Experience;
  • Health Inclusion and Social Determinants of Health; and
  • Metrics and Evaluation. 

Applicants are encouraged to also nominate their company for recognition in the following categories:

  • Excellence in Mental Health;
  • Excellence in Health Inclusion;
  • Excellence in Global Health & Well-being.

Members of Business Group on Health, as well as non-member companies, are welcome to apply.


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Best Employers Award: Health & Well-being Orientation Webinar

 

Watch this on-demand webinar to learn more about the application process for the Best Employers Award: Health & Well-being. We will offer guidance on how to build an authentic application that showcases your organization’s approach to well-being strategy and how you are a leader among peers.

How It Works

September 2025
Applications Open
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November 2025
Applications Close
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February 2026
Winners are Notified
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March 2026
Winners Receive Media Kits for Promotional Purposes
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April 2026
Winners Are Announced at Business Group on Health 2026 Annual Conference
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