Employee
Health Report

2025

Understanding the corporate Indian employee’s relationship with health and the workplace.

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India’s decade is here,
but health will decide our future.

The youngest workforce in the world. The largest working population in history. The most optimistic people we could ever be.

However, they’re not just young — they’re also already unwell.

Presenting The Employee Health Report 2025, a reflection of data from over 98,000 telehealth consults, 2,000 health camp check-ups, and 25,000 insurance claims — all from India’s most ambitious, most overworked, and most hopeful people: the workforce.

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India’s demographic dividend is threatened by the three pillars of chronic disease, acute illness, and mental health.

India's Burden of Disease is much higher than most developed countries, influenced by the early onset of chronic disease, disruptive episodes of acute illness, and poor mental health.

The average Indian employee misses 30 days every year due to poor health.

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of employees are at a state of chronic disease risk.

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of all sickness episodes are caused by acute illness and infections.

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of all telehealth consultations are for mental health.

Healthcare interventions should focus on improving healthspan, along with lifespan.

The past sixty years have witnessed massive improvements in global life expectancy, but the proportion of life spent in moderate or poor health has not changed.

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The focus on healthcare needs to be across physical, mental, and social dimensions.

Increasing healthspan isn’t limited to physical activity or fitness — it also includes dimensions of mental health and social health. We treat each dimension in isolation, yet they are all interlinked.

The interconnectedness of physical, mental, and social health dimensions creates a system where disturbances in one area can cascade and negatively impact the others.

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61%

of employees have moderate to poor fitness levels, with lifestyle habits putting them at greater risk of chronic disease.

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14%

of employees are thriving at work, with early employees dealing with anxiety and experienced employees battling burnout and family stress.

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31%

of Indian employees experience loneliness at the workplace, the highest in the world.

Health is gendered

We’ve observed that men and women have different relationships with health, treatment seeking, and disease risk.

Men face higher risks of chronic illness, yet are less likely to seek or stay in therapy—often expressing mental health struggles through addiction, OCD, or strained relationships.

Women, meanwhile, tend to struggle more with fitness and mental well-being. These gaps call for targeted, inclusive health solutions.

The workplace is a catalyst for great health outcomes

Comprehensive health benefits, increased awareness, easier access to healthcare interventions, and periodic nudges by companies have collectively helped employees strengthen their relationship with health.

For every 100 rupees invested by companies, an average employee saves 296 rupees on health spends.

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92% of employees say it's important to work for a company that values their mental health and well-being.

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employees has signed up for their first gym membership by virtue of their employer offering it

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employees have undergone a health checkup for the first time in their lives because their employer hosted a health camp

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employees have made healthier lifestyle purchases because their employer offered them discounts on health brands.

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employees has booked a telehealth consultation

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employees has signed up for their first gym membership by virtue of their employer offering it

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employees have undergone a health checkup for the first time in their lives because their employer hosted a health camp

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employees have made healthier lifestyle purchases because their employer offered them discounts on health brands.

Introducing the

14-hour health week

Employees know about the impact poor health has on their lives, but they don’t have time to take care of their health. The most overworked workforce in the world, a third of Indians don’t have time to take care of their health.

With increased commentary around 70 and 90-hour work weeks, employees are not prioritising the time spent investing in their health and wellbeing. There is a pressing need for a workweek equivalent to health, with companies assisting this by integrating health into an employee’s work-day.

We propose that employees spend a minimum of 2 hours every day i.e. 14 hours every week investing in their physical, mental, and social health.

The new standard of healthcare is flexible, comprehensive, and tech-led.

CRED’s flexible health benefits helped over 90% employees build personalised healthcare plans

Meesho’s telehealth plan has driven great health outcomes for over 1000 employees

Eternal helped 2000 employees save over INR 15,000 every year on everyday healthcare spends