Each generation of Corporate India's employees has distinct primary health risks, engagement style, says Medibuddy-CII workplace report

Employees who completed three annual health check-ups recorded a hospitalisation rate of 2.41%, compared with 7.27% among those who attended none, a nearly 3X difference associated with regular preventive screening, says a just released workplace health report.

Prepared by Bengaluru based digital healthcare company MediBuddy, in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the ‘Workplace Health Reimagined: India's Health AI Frontier — Building for Bharat, Leading the World’, also revealed a significant concentration of healthcare costs among employees who disengage from preventive care. Although only 25% of employees skipped every annual health check-up, this group accounted for 46% of all inpatient hospitalisation claims and 43% of total insurance payouts, highlighting the disproportionate financial impact of delayed diagnosis and treatment. 

The report says that 52% of employees across corporate India never take action after a health check as they received no personalised guidance, follow-up call, prioritised referral, or reminder at the right moment. It also points out that 20.34% of all pharmacy dispensations are cardiac medications, highlighting cardiovascular disease as one of the largest ongoing health burdens among corporate employees, with sudden cardiac deaths rising among working professionals aged between 30 to 40 years.

“For years, organisations measured the success of workplace wellness through participation—how many employees attended a health camp or completed a health check-up. The data now tells us that's no longer enough. At MediBuddy, we believe health is not simply a benefit to be administered. It is a strategic capability that shapes productivity, resilience, innovation, and long-term performance. As India’s workforce evolves and artificial intelligence transforms healthcare, organisations have an opportunity to move beyond episodic wellness initiatives towards continuous, personalised, and preventive care”, Satish Kannan, Co-founder and CEO, MediBuddy, said.

The study also reveals that each generation of employees (Corporate India now has four to five generations in its workforce simultaneously) has a distinct primary health risk, engagement style and expectation of workplace health support.

While Gen Z, which accounts for about 30% of India’s workforce finds mental health as a major issue with 90 % of employees under 25 report anxiety symptoms, millennials, the largest segment (35-40%) of the country’s workforce are troubled with burnout and rising cases of non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular and metabolic conditions, the report said.

Highest caregiver burden, balancing ageing parents and teenage children, making elder care EAP a growing retention issue, peri-menopause and menopause remain the most underserved health transitions for Gen X (20-25% of workforce) in corporate India. The Baby Boomers (5-10% of active workforce) are into managing chronic conditions and on average, have the highest per-employee medical claims.

The report combines independent research with MediBuddy's proprietary analysis of 10,551 employees, one of India's largest workplace health evidence studies.