As wellness continues to represent a significant element of companies' benefits and health plans, Optum reports that they see "an overall commitment to wellness, an evolution in the types of incentives employers are using and increasing interest in changing the work...
Multiple reports show how even minimal exercise each day carries significant health benefits. But what kind of exercise can one do at work? Walking. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control offers Worksite Walking Campaign Tools: "These communication tools can be used to...
Workforce reports on the experience of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, which found that "employees’ interests and needs are as diverse as the employees themselves." The piece states: "About half of the Newark, New Jersey-based company’s 5,000 employees...
The Vermont Department of Health and others announced a Worksite Wellness Conference for March 27, 2014. "Governor Peter Shumlin, State Health Commissioner Harry Chen, and the Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports will present awards to nearly 100...
Andrea Ihara writes in Corporate Wellness Magazine vending machines -- which satisfy office snacking needs -- can become a stronger part of a company's wellness plan. How? First, let your vending machine operator " know that you are aligning the vending machines with...
The New York Times found a study that could mean good news to most adults. According to research published in Nature Neuroscience, "Caffeine enhanced performance 24 h after administration according to an inverted U-shaped dose-response curve; this effect was specific...
What's the latest thing in employee wellness trends? One of them just might be "wearables." Wearables are pieces of technology that can be worn. And one growing example is technology that tracks activity. And according to CNBC, "With more corporations looking to...
One of the biggest challenges for making wellness programs work is incentives. Here are five such challenges -- and solutions to fix them -- identified by InteliSpend: Flawed Wellness Program Design: "Programs fail when they focus excessively on metrics and tests...
As various laws covering health care, wellness, employee rights, privacy and more, how can HR benefits administrators and employees make sense of the rules? CommonHealth spoke with David Wilson, a partner at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein and an expert on wellness law, to...