Archive for June, 2009
Motorola: Employee Wellness Case Study
What began more than a decade ago as a pilot program in two locations, has now developed into a global initiative for Motorola. The business’s Employee Wellness is run by the Global Rewards group consisting of more than 50 employees and funded by an annual grant. Programs are consistently evaluated on their ability to deliver [...]
Measuring the Delimma
Obesity
Obesity, one of the fastest growing epidemics in America, is the most prevalent health risk among employees. Obese people are at more of a risk for several chronic diseases such as congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, stroke and hypertension.
Facts:
• The prevalence of overweight and obesity has doubled since 1980.
• Two-thirds (66.3 percent) of the [...]
Why Employee Wellness are the Solution to the Health Care Crisis
Why Employee Wellness are the Solution to the Health Care Crisis
Growing Health Care costs show no signs of slowing in the near future. Hewitt projects Health Care costs will jump another 9.9 percent in 2006, amounting to more than $11,000 per family (of which the business will absorb more than 60 percent of costs). More [...]
Engaging Workers in Employee Wellness
Following cost, poor employee engagement and inadequate talks and substructure are listed as the greatest challenges for corporations administering any health benefit program.
By law, corporations are required to explain any benefits or explicit conditions of employment to all employees – this is called “due process,” and it usually takes the form of a packet of [...]
Employee Wellness and Protected Classes
Even in an at-will employment environment, people are still guarded from discrimination (including wrongful termination) by virtue of belonging to a protected class. Before implementing a Employee Wellness , corporations need to be knowledgeable about the relevant legal restrictions and the potential impacts these measures can have on benefi ts and employee behavior programs.
Title VII [...]
Employee Wellness Local Considerations
For many corporations, a smoking ban would not even apply to all employees. That is because currently 30 states and the District of Columbia prevent corporations from banning off-duty smoking.21 In Addition, 13 states prevent corporations from banning alcohol use away from work. Only six states have broad statutes that prevent corporations from prohibiting any [...]
Employee Wellness Rules
Unless specifically stated otherwise, most business-employee relationships in the U.S. are governed by the principle of at-will employment. Under this system a business, or the employee, can terminate the relationship without any required showing of cause. This at-will standard gives private corporations large authority in governing the behavior of employees. In this environment, corporations can [...]
How to Create a Employee Wellness
1. Undertake a utilization assessment – While corporations can’t obtain health information on individual employees, insurance providers will supply corporations with reports that detail patterns and rates of employee use for things such as physician visits, hospital stays and prescription use. This information is vital for a business to set a benchmark of its current [...]
The Case for Employee Wellness
Employee Wellness first became popular during the economic boom of the late 1980s and early 90s. Programs featured on-Site fitness centers and massages, and were used as recruitment tools for young employees searching for nontraditional work environments. However, when the tech bubble burst, so too did the willingness to spend money on perceived perks, [...]
Employee Program Engagement
Employee Program Engagement is the level at which employees are aligned with and working toward business objectives and goals. Employee Program Engagement is influenced by a wide range of factors that include internal talks, business structure, benefits and recognition.
Companies that have high levels of employee engagement benefit from improved work rate, retention and execution than [...]
