Wellness programs

In the sedentary office environment, companies must find ways to motivate workers to be more active, including walking meetings, team sports and health workshops.

The Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, which clarifies legality of biometric testing in well-being plans, advances in the House.

Well-being programs utilizing a highly personalized approach tend to see greater employee support as well as increased medical cost savings.

Well-being programs utilizing a highly personalized approach tend to see greater employee support as well as increased medical cost savings.

Transparency tools, HSAs and wellness programs continue to grow in adoption, according to a new study.

Transparency tools, HSAs and wellness programs continue to grow in adoption, according to a new study.

More benefit consultants are being asked how to improve the lives of clients’ workers beyond fitness and diabetes prevention.

A better understanding of five emerging trends can help companies make strategic decisions to get workers on the road to good health.

More benefit consultants are being asked how to improve the lives of clients’ workers beyond fitness and diabetes prevention.

Incentives can help workers re-evaluate their fitness goals, says wellness director Gary Cassidy.

Advisers and employers need to look at well-being with a wider lens and push financial health, says Copatient’s Thomas Torre.

Well-being initiatives should go beyond physical health activities and instead create a culture that focuses on health issues that are “found in time."

Proper rest is often a forgotten component of employee wellness, says researcher Alyssa Cairns, who shares how to make it a priority.

The decision in EEOC v. Flambeau addressing whether an employer's wellness program violated the ADA still leaves employers with questions, says attorney Garret Fenton.

Recent regulations by the EEOC approved in 2016 have begun enforcement and could cause conflict for some employers and brokers, says attorney Brenna A. Davenport.

Employers need to look at well-being with a wider lens and push financial health, says Copatient’s Thomas Torre.

Well-being shouldn’t just be top of mind for employers at the beginning of the New Year. Here’s how to create a year-round program for employees.

Healthy employees mean engaged employees. But how can employers help individualize the programs?

While finances and home life still are leading causes of pressure for employees, general stress levels are down. And wellness programs may be helping.

As research connects wellness to increased productivity and performance, companies now see the programs as “must have,” says Virgin Pulse CEO Chris Boyce.