Health & Wellness
Benefits Program
Wright offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits program. Based on the family of company, employee classification and union status, employees may select benefits coverage aligned with their individual and family needs. Coverage offerings include medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance and disability plans, retirement savings plans (401(k) and ESOP), identify theft protection, an employee assistance plan, and wellness incentives. Additionally, various time off and leave plans are available for paid holidays and vacation and leaves for parents, caregivers, and for employees’ own illnesses and injuries.
Medical
Wright offers medical with prescription coverage, dental and vision insurance to eligible employees. Coverage may be selected for an individual or family. Wright shares significantly in the premiums of the medical plan maintaining affordable coverage for employees.
In 2024, 222 WSC employees were enrolled in health insurance. 46% of WSC employees were enrolled in the employee only plan, and 54% were enrolled in the family plan.
Employee Assistance & Mental Health
The Employee Assistance Program is a professional and confidential, short-term counseling service available to the employee and their immediate family. This is a company paid benefit.
Immediate telephone access to a counselor is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Resources are available for mental health, legal services, financial consultation and eldercare needs.
Those in need can visit a doctor on their smartphone, tablet or computer from virtually anywhere and offered at no cost. Doctor on Demand offers no cost, virtual doctor visits with board-certified doctors who can treat most common medical conditions and prescribe medication.
Time Away & Leave Programs
WSC recognizes employees need time way from work to relax, get well, and connect with family, friends and the community.
A variety of paid time away plans are offered based on employee eligibility groups including holidays, vacation or paid time off, volunteer time, sick time and bereavement.
For employees treating or recovering from their own injury or illness, providing care to an eligible family member, or welcoming a new child there are various leave programs available.
Paid parental and family care leave provides eligible employees paid time off to bond with a newborn baby, legal adoption or placement for adoption, or to
care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition. This leave program continues the Wright legacy and value of family.
In 2024, there were 207 WSC employees who were eligible for paid parental and family care leave.
Wellness Program
Employees are automatically enrolled into Navigate, a wellness portal application, implemented by Mercy, a Des Moines hospital. The Navigate portal allows employees to earn rewards for completing activities throughout the year individually or through group activities. Navigate offers many tools for employees to utilize to help them live well. Individual challenges, event participation and educational sessions on topics like nutrition and eating well, reducing stress, sleep, exercise, financial well-being, community involvement and more can be found on the WSC Wellness Portal. WSC partners with Mercy and offers employees an annual biometric health screening at the start of each year and in the fall, a flu shot clinic is available for all employees and adult family members who are enrolled in WSC’s health insurance program.
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Healthy Options
The WSC corporate office micro mart offers food and beverages at the convenience of the workplace provided by a third-party vendor. In collaboration with our Wellness committee, price tags are labeled with a red, yellow, or green circle to help easily identify healthy options. This program includes criteria supported by the latest nutrition research in line with both government and expert nonprofit guidelines.
The facilities team likes to inform employees of their purchasing decisions and its various impacts on their health and well-being. The goal is to provide additional green “healthier” options and see those selections increase over time. In 2024, 6% of all products purchased by employees were green healthy options, 38% fell into the neutral yellow category and 56% of purchases were in the red unhealthy category.
Getting Active
Adjacent to the corporate office is a meandering 0.28-mile concrete walking trail that is incorporated in a 3-acre area dedicated to native habitat. See more in the biodiversity section.
The corporate office includes locker rooms with two showers each to allow employees to shower after cycling into work, a lunch run or any general workout. Each locker room includes 12 lockers to store personal belongings.
A bike rack is available to give employees that cycle to work a place to securely park their bicycles.
