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Wellness Program

Any program that promotes health, especially for employees of a company. A wellness program may offer seminars on quitting smoking, free access to a gym, and any number of other benefits. Wellness program are aimed to improve employee health, which in turn can improve morale and increase productivity.
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Employers of all sizes are recognizing the importance of changing employees' sedentary lifestyles and making health promotion and wellness programs part of their benefit offerings.
Here's to your health: insurers are working with employers to provide wellness programs in hopes of creating healthier and more productive employees
According to a study by the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and Deloitte & Touche USA, 62% of companies have taken steps to improve their employees' health through wellness programs, while 33% are considering implementing wellness programs.
Wellness programs are gaining popularity
Still, cost-saving options are available, from self-insurance plans to stronger wellness programs to giving employees the chance to have telephone consultations with health-care providers.
Reining in health-care costs: a little creativity can go a long way in managing the health-care crisis
Despite their benefits, employee wellness programs are only offered in about one in four of the nation's school districts, according to Steven Aldana of the college of health and human performance at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
A job well done: an employee wellness program proves that fit bodies can produce healthy returns for a district
The institution of workplace wellness programs and health programs within a business or organization has the capacity to reduce absenteeism, improve worker satisfaction and morale and lower health-care costs, according to Mary Ann Diosi, public health nurse with the Sudbury and District Health Unit workplace wellness team.
Investment in employee health pays dividends: Studies show every year millions of dollars are lost to corporations due to incidental absenteeism. (Health Report)
Workplace wellness programs have two main goals: improve employees' health and lower their employers' health care costs.
Workplace wellness programs don't work for you -- or for your company
Under the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced in the House of Representatives in March 2017 (H.
Over the line? H.R. 1313 would allow employers to ask about family medical history and request genetic information as part of a wellness program
Most employees with access to workplace wellness programs say they have made a positive impact on their health, even though a majority are unwilling to devote more than one hour per day to health-related activities such as consistent exercise, according to a new survey.
United States : Nearly 60 Percent of Employees with Access to a Company Wellness Program Say the Initiative Has Made a Positive Impact on Their Health
M2 EQUITYBITES-June 8, 2017-Survey finds financial wellness programs gaining momentum with employers
Survey finds financial wellness programs gaining momentum with employers
gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1313/committees) HR 1313 , or the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act-successfully passed through the House Committee on Education and the Workforce this week on party lines, with all 22 Republicans supporting the measure and all 17 Democrats opposed.
GOP Bill Would Allow Employers To Demand Worker's Genetic Test Results
Workplace Wellness Programs and the ADA's Voluntariness
The EEOC, the ADA, and workplace wellness programs
It's true that wellness programs are most common in large corporations, but small companies also can offer these benefits and reap the advantages.
What goes into a wellness program?
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