By Eric B. Meyer More eagerly anticipated that the premiere of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday released its … Read more
Good Managers Are Your Best Employee Wellness Strategy
Relying on a corporate wellness program as the main strategy for improving employee health is like throwing a drowning person a DVD on how to do the … Read more
Congress Looks to Provide Clarity on Employee Wellness Programs
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman and Michael J. Lotito As promised during a Senate hearing conducted earlier this year, members of the House and Senate have … Read more
Weekly Wrap: There’s Power in Perks, But Not All Companies Get That
As someone who worked in the San Francisco Bay Area during the dotcom boom, take it from me — employees LOVE perks. Silicon Valley figured out a long … Read more
Senate Committee Told EEOC Must Provide Guidance on Wellness Plans
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Ilyse Wolens Schuman Recent actions by the Equal Employment … Read more
Employers Love Wellness Plans, But the Question is – Do They Even Work?
If you get health insurance at work, chances are you have some sort of wellness plan, too. But so far there’s no real evidence as to whether these plans … Read more
Biggest Loser Contests at Work? Only If They Pass Muster With the EEOC
By Howard Mavity We are again running a Biggest Loser Contest among our 31 offices and will award prizes, beginning at $1,000, to individuals who lose the … Read more
EEOC to Offer Employers Guidance on Wellness Programs
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Managerial Malpractice? Letting Sick Employees Come to Work
Are people busier on the job now than ever before? It’s something I think about because I talk to a lot of people, and when I get them on the phone, … Read more
A Culture of Health and Well-Being Can Drive Employee Engagement, Too
Employee engagement is all the rage these days. It should be, considering that only 13 percent of employees feel engaged by the work they do, and that low … Read more