10 Jun Wellness Programs Benefit Employers, Employees

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Original post benefitspro.com Offering employee wellness programs isn’t just an exercise in altruism for employers. It pays off where most companies would value it most: the bottom line. According to Forbes, companies are jumping on the wellness program bandwagon right and left, to varying degrees. In fact,...

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08 Jun Americans Don’t Do Much to Avoid Hearing Loss

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Original post benefitspro.com Have you ever even heard of healthy hearing habits? If not, you’re probably not alone. Relatively few Americans appear to pay much attention to their ears, according to a recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of EPIC Hearing Healthcare. The survey found that...

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07 Jun Study Suggests Plan Transparency Doesn’t Reduce Costs

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Original post benefitspro.com “Transparency” and “choice” are keywords associated with health plan consumers these days. But there’s no guarantee those key words will lead to the keyword phrase “lower health plan costs.” One survey of the employees of two large employers reports that, given transparency and choice, plan...

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02 Jun Moving from Employee Wellness to Employee Well-Being

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Originally posted by United Benefit Advisor. The terms "wellness" and "well-being" are often used interchangeably; however, they mean very different things when applied to workplace health promotion. Traditionally speaking, employee "wellness" programs have primarily focused on just physical health. Whereas employee "well-being" programs emphasize emotional, mental, social,...

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02 Jun Remote Workers Are Happier

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Original post benefitspro.com People who work remotely are happier, according to a new survey conducted by TinyPulse, an employee engagement firm. The firm polled 509 U.S. workers who always work remotely about their job satisfaction and compared their responses to those of the roughly 200,000 U.S. employees...

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26 May Have You Taken Any PTO Lately?

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Original post benefitspro.com Americans might be workaholics, but not necessarily because they’re in love with work. Studies show Americans yearn for vacation time, but some of them can’t bring themselves to take it. A survey commissioned by Namely, a payroll and benefits company, finds that a majority...

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25 May 5 Crucial Wellness Strategies for Self-Funded Companies

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Instead of paying pricey premiums to insurers, self-insured companies pay claims filed by employees and health care providers directly and assume most of the financial risk of providing health benefits to employees. ...

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19 May Why Employers Should Consider Mindfulness Training as an Employee Benefit

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Resilience gained attention in the 1970s as psychologists and trauma researchers began to articulate the amazing ability of many people to bounce back following a devastating event, crisis or injury. Over time, researchers have identified the characteristics of resilient people, and have identified how to...

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18 May EEOC Issues Final Rules on Employee Wellness Programs

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WASHINGTON, DC--The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued final rules that describe how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) apply to wellness programs offered by employers that request health information...

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11 May Moving from Employee Wellness to Employee Well-Being

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Traditionally speaking, employee “wellness” programs have primarily focused on just physical health. Whereas employee “well-being” programs emphasize emotional, mental, social, and financial health in addition to physical health....

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