Get a look at that wrist. Those stylish bracelets worn around the office are making a fashion statement of their own and enabling employers to redefine the meaning of business attire.
Clung to arms, clipped to waistbands or wrapped around wrists and ankles, wearable fitness tracking devices are joining the workforce to measure anything from caloric intake and heart beats to sleep patterns and brain activity. More than a few companies intent on keeping their employee health-related costs down have already – or plan to — integrated these approaches into office etiquette or, as might be said, their employee dress codes.
Some 22 million fitness trackers will be sold this year and as many as 13 million of these gadgets are predicted to become part of corporate wellness strategies by 2018, according to ABI Research. The idea is to trigger employees to take an active role in their health and to build a more active lifestyle.
