Wellness Programs - Small vs. Big Business Choices
Can a small business support company wellness? Absolutely! In fact, in some ways it’s easier to create a healthy workplace in a small business than in a big business.
Wellness Programs - Small vs. Big Business Choices
Can a small business support company wellness? Absolutely! In fact, in some ways it’s easier to create a healthy workplace in a small business than in a big business.
Battle Against Obesity Moves into the Workplace
At a small Sanford, Fla., company, everyone’s talking about weight.
Walk in wearing a new dress, as Paulette Howard did one day recently, and everyone oohs and aahs — and wants to know what size it is. Every week, they want to know how much their colleagues have gained and lost
Oklahoma Certified Healthy Business Program
To apply for the 2010 Oklahoma Certified Healthy Business Program, click the link below.
Wellness- Is that your business?
Chair Becky Knight will be speaking Oklahoma City HR Society Thursday August 26, 2010.
Commitment is needed from plans
Visit the BCBSNC workplace in Durham, N.C., and you'll notice a tobacco-free campus, onsite clinic, fitness centers, healthy choices in the cafeteria, and competitions that encourage employees to be physically active.
What New Wellness Rules Mean for You
Compliance with health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) non-discrimination rules is a big challenge for wellness programs. The old rules were unclear about which incentives passed muster.
Mid-Size Companies Beginning to Implement Wellness Programs on a Large Scale
It is a well-documented fact that a majority of large companies (businesses with over 8,000 employees) offer health and wellness programs to their employees to keep their employees healthy, motivated, and productive while also lowering their healthcare costs.
Three Ways Wellness Programs Fail
When it comes to wellness programs, it may be tough to get past all the hype. Here's how to avoid the three most common traps corporations fall into.
Employers Using an Arsenal of Tools to Combat Workplace Stress: Survey
Employers understand the detrimental effects stress is having on their organizations, and are responding with multiple strategies to help workers cope, a recent survey by Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company indicates.
CertainTeed Launches Vegetable Garden
Workers at McPherson CertainTeed Molded Products Plant are enjoying a few more vegetables during their breaks, thanks to a new employee garden.
United States Wellness Programs - Do's and Don'ts
Wellness programs vary greatly.
Economy Up, Worker Stress Down? Think Again. Results from the Marlin Company Workplace Survey
The Marlin Company workplace survey reveals worker stress over economic anxiety. Distraction on the job is leading to lapses in concentration causing mistakes and accidents.
Leadership Support, Sound Employee Engagement Tactics are Essential to Wellness Program Success
Employers are uniquely positioned to be change agents and to inspire employees to adopt healthier lifestyles for the long term, say experts at DSM Personalized Nutrition.
Dieting for Dollars? More US Employees Trying It
How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500? Many employers are betting they can find your price.
June 2010 is the 2nd annual National Employee Wellness Month
National Employee Wellness Month brings awareness to the importance of creating healthier and more physically active communities int he workplace and the critical role a proactive approach towards wellness plays in reducing national healthcare costs.
Local Business Opens New Health and Wellness Center
Health care and wellness programs are now more accessible — and often free — to Hobby Lobby employees. The arts and crafts retailer was to open a new health clinic today at its Oklahoma City corporate headquarters.
Workplace wellness programs are an effective way to reduce major risk factors for heart disease, such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, says a new American Heart Association policy statement.
Our surroundings have a direct link to our lives. Since we spend 40 or more hours at our jobs weekly, it is essential to your health and longevity that your place of work is as conducive to wellness as possible.