Workplace wellness programs are increasing in popularity as employers embrace the potential benefits of such a system. As HR specialist Stephanie Sullivan reports, these programs not only potentially ...

The American College of Surgeons recently announced its new well-being initiative for surgeons. This wellness program has lofty goals: [The ACS] recognizes the need to foster well-being, resilience, ...

As health care costs have increased, employers have scrambled to find creative ways to help employees pay for benefits without decreasing their net paychecks or paying an employer contribution to ...

Offering employee benefits packages that go beyond health insurance and retirement plans is a great way for smaller businesses to attract and hold on to top-level employees. However, setting up ...

When teachers and other school staff in West Virginia walked off the job in 2018, news coverage of the historic strike focused on bread-and-butter issues like their rising health-care premiums and low ...

Workplace wellness can boost employee wellbeing and deliver meaningful business returns. But this can only happen when programs follow evidence-based best practices, which include individualized ...

When the State of Nebraska launched the wellness program, called wellnessoptions to its employees and spouses, we became one of the first states to offer an integrated wellness program that is tied to ...

Traditional professional development plans in libraries may satisfy organizational or certification needs but do not necessarily satisfy employees’ needs, wants, and interests. What if we put ...

It’s a genuine movement, and a positive one: Companies are competing with one another to offer the most effective and comprehensive workplace wellness programs. Over the past 10 years, the corporate ...

Financial incentives created under the Affordable Care Act can help promote employer wellness programs and support preventive services utilization. ABSTRACTObjectives: Using a large natural experiment ...

Workplace financial wellness programs are designed to provide information and resources that help employees maximize benefits and improve their finances. Programs may include virtual training, ...

Effective as of the first day of the plan year that began on January 1, 2017, or after, employers maintaining wellness programs that collect employee health information must satisfy a new notice ...