Employers will be able to increase rewards to workers who participate in wellness programs under final rules released Wednesday by the Obama … Read more
How Far Can Employers Go In Mandating What Employees Eat?
I’ve yet to talk with someone about employee wellness without hearing about how an employer allows — if not actually provides — donuts or cupcakes or … Read more
Exercising Your Workplace Culture: Does Fitness Have a Place?
What does wading through mud pits or running a grueling half-marathon sound like to you? If you’re like a growing number of companies, the answer is “team … Read more
The Workplace Ethics of Not Hiring Tobacco Users
As more employers consider how to reduce the percentage of tobacco users in their workforces, one policy in particular has raised eyebrows and hackles more … Read more
Employee Wellness is Simply a Matter of Employee Engagement
HR managers and leaders across the country are gathering together in meetings large and small, sharing ideas and concerns, and trying to understand the … Read more
The Wrong Way to Promote Employee Wellness
Let’s start with an uncomfortable truth — there is not one corporation that cares about its workers’ health. If gorging on quadruple-patty burgers … Read more
3 Ways to Help Employees With Their Physical and Financial Wellness
Your workplace wellness campaign may be missing a huge opportunity. And it’s all because of how you define the word “wellness.” Or rather, how you don’t … Read more
Aon Hewitt Study: Stress Keeps Your Workers from Being Healthy
We have such good intentions, particularly at this time of year. We intend to eat better, get more sleep, head to the gym more often, budget better. Then … Read more
13 Easy and (Mostly) Low-Cost Employee Wellness Changes for 2013
Right about now, your employees are wondering whether they’ll keep their new resolutions or dust off the old ones and give them one more go. Even your … Read more
Keeping It Simple: 5 Tips for Effective, Engaging Work Fitness Challenges
HR managers are often confounded when their wellness programs experience less-than-expected employee engagement, but they should take heart — … Read more