Thirty-six employers received worksite wellness awards Wednesday from the local Pioneering Healthier Communities group. It’s a jump from 23 worksites three years ago.
That represents thousands of people in these businesses exposed to healthier lifestyles, said YMCA CEO Bill Soper. More…
We are only two weeks away from the 4th Annual National Employee Wellness Month, a partnership between the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, Virgin Healthmiles, Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance and WorldatWork that aims to raise awareness about workplace environments and the role they play in employees’ physical and mental health. More…
More big employers are dangling financial incentives to persuade workers and their families to adopt healthier behaviors and help control health care costs, a new survey reports. More…
Most U.S. companies plan to increase the dollar value of the incentives they offer employees to participate in health improvement programs in 2012, according to an employer survey conducted by Fidelity Investments and the not-for-profit National Business Group on Health. More…