The Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress® (EHBC), now known as HEALTHCARE ЯEVOLUTION®, returns for its 13th event with industry leading speakers from Lockton, Health Transformation Alliance, Mercer, Royal Caribbean, MarineMax, Boeing, Gallagher, Winston & Strawn, Aon, Hewlett-Packard, Mercer, Midwest Business Group on Health, and more.
A crisis brings out the best in people; unfortunately, Covid-1 9 also brought out the worst people: scammers, criminal organizations, racketeers, and individuals looking to profit off of the Pandemic. One of those criminal enterprises is Super Antibacterial Mask Medical Material Production Joint Stock Company (also known as SAM and SAM Gloves), which is owned and run by its ‘Chairman’ Mr. Hua Hong Hai, who has stolen money from clients and not delivered the products paid for. In some cases, Hai was responsible for shipping used gloves and condoms to customers instead of medical-grade nitrile gloves ordered.
A lot of uncertainties and anxieties have marked the workplace for much of the year. Businesses are beginning to reopen, and tensions are high. Therefore, employers must consider short-term and long-term strategies to safeguard the workplace and protect workers amid this global health threat.
Consequently, employers are considering COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers as another strategy to double down on workplace safety amid the pandemic and to improve employee morale and productivity. But many employees are asking if workplace vaccinations for COVID-19 could be mandatory.
Privacy issues arise in each phase of data management, including data collection, storage, and use. These elements pose concerns to employees and must be consistent with applicable guidance.
Employers need to factor in several considerations, including work productivity, employee health and safety needs, and local guidelines to determine who should work from home. Here are some strategies to help with this decision:
Workplace benefits have been a crucial part of an employee’s compensation plan; however, the pandemic has highlighted its importance. More and more employees now consider their workplace benefits as an important component of their employment contract.
More than nine months into the health crisis, many of these changes are gradually being drafted into law, as several states are revising their employment laws to reflect the needed changes to the workplace in the months and years to come.
As the outbreak continued to spread, researchers found that clusters and surges of the infection were traced to indoor gatherings.
Business leaders now more than ever have to up their financial wellness plan to better equip workers with resources and tools to improve their financial wellbeing and, in turn, productivity.
If you know of any nursing homes, assisted living centers, retirement communities, schools, or other organizations that need assistance with getting access to N95’s for only $1.00, let us know.
This important metric has sparked a conversation around diversity and inclusion in the workplace, which for so long has received less attention than it required.
The lack of physical contact with our friends and loved ones, loss of employment and pay cuts, and the death of loved ones - all of which marked the health crisis - have heightened stress for millions of Americans.
Business owners need to pivot workplace strategies to not only safeguard employee health amid the pandemic but also enhance engagement and productivity in these unrivaled times.
Even with most employees working remotely, burnout remains anever-increasing challenge in the “new normal” of work. As a result, employeewellbeing has become a major concern for business owners in the wake of theglobal pandemic.
From getting pay cuts, experiencing financial stress, losing a loved one to the disease to the challenge of juggling remote work with home responsibilities, the coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on employees’ mental and physical health.
Employees have now upped the ante for employer-sponsored healthcare benefits, revealing the crucial need for business owners to pay closer attention to employee health and wellness in the post-pandemic era. In a nutshell, people now want the guarantees of safety and trust now more than ever.
Although the stay-at-home restrictions have since been relaxed in many parts of the country and several workers have returned to on-site work, many employers have created long-term remote work policies to keep their staff working from home.
What do you think about a shirt that corrects posture, soothes your muscles and nerves, and lowers inflammation across your muscles, bones, and joints?
Employers need to adopt the following strategies to lessen workplace stress and make work a little more fun amid the global health crisis.
The workplace of the future is not just one that optimizes productivity but also one designed to safeguard employee health
For many employees, the first hurdle to ensure a safe workplace is identifying at-risk workers and isolating them from the rest of the workforce. Here is where the question of testing arises.
The craze for career in corporate health and wellness is witnessing a strong hold in the field of corporate health. Students earning as much money and promotion as those having a university degree in health and wellbeing certification course.
The future of work is employee-centric and the rise of the smart buildings typify that. Employees will no longer be made to fit into predesigned worksites, but, contrarily, workspaces will be crafted to adjust to our needs and optimize our performance.
I had an interview with the Wellness Director Robin Parsons, she said she was always a health enthusiast gifted by her parents. She received coaching designation, sports/fitness certification and then went on to get certified as Corporate Wellness Specialist.
With a rise in #MeToo movement, many corporate and businesses are improve their existing sexual harassment policies. Sexual harassment can hostile work environment, jeopardizes the victim's emotional and mental health, and creates anxiety and stress.
When I speak with participants, I learn a lot about what we have done correctly, and what it is that needs improvement. The exciting growth we see because of our personal commitment to each and every participant is so fulfilling.
A consultant needs to develop a relationship with their client, wellness vendor, health insurer, and product provider. Planning activities in advance, setting lofty goals and preparing a marketing strategy to engage employees for each employer-client.
As wellness and strength go hand-in-hand, what do strong women of the nation offer to the world of wellness? Women who with dogged determination engage their priority wheel-those facets of their lives that synch themselves with the people.
The sun not only lights up our world, but it also lights up our bodies with several health benefits. However, there’s a dark side to the rays of sunlight that fall on our bodies, and it is responsible for thousands of deaths yearly.
The onus lies on employers and executives to prioritize mental health wellness in the workplace. It begins from here. Only then will this crisis begin to fizzle out and work cease from being a race against one’s mental wellbeing
Corporate Wellness magazine interviewed health insurer giant Humana about its goals of healthcare delivery. Humana CEO Bruce Broussard provides insight how the company plans to surpass its objectives and how all employees stay healthy.
Given music's powerful influence over people's cognition and productivity, it may be essential for business owners and employers to rethink office design and incorporate appropriate soundscapes in the right workspaces.
This month - in its eleventh edition - the National Employee Wellness Month, once again, provides an opportunity for employers and organizations to enhance existing wellness programs and encourage their employees to adopt proactive strategies for improved physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing in the workplace.
Corporate Wellness Magazine recently sat down with Seth Serxner, Ph.D., MPH, the chief health officer at Optum, a leading health services innovation company, talking about current wellness trends and a new Optum research study linking employee loyalty to well-being programs.
Chronic disease remains a leading cause of disability, death, and workplace productivity loss globally. Employers, therefore, are saddled with the responsibility of curbing this trend, by creating interventions that integrate a healthy work environment with health promotion programs aimed at changing individual health behaviors.
“Begin with safeeyes, finish with safe eyes” is a common slogan about eye safety. This cannotbe overemphasized because eyesight is one of our most important senses, theloss of which may cause significant changes in our daily lives. It remainsimperative, therefore, to keep the eyes safe in the place we spend the much ofour time – the workplace.
Industry professionals are discussing traits regarding the future of industry towards the shift from wellness to the wellbeing. Panelists further focus on the future of wellbeing and they would look trends to be on the lookout for and things to be done right.
Employers assume that their wellness vendors will not harm their employees but there have been numerous examples of exactly that. Employees are harmed when vendors flout clinical guidelines to get less screening for obvious reason.
Employers are keeping their employees healthy, still, there are employers who will encourage employees to use stairs. Asking employees to hit the gym though not upgrading the equipment and putting the posters to eat healthily and green food for better health.
The US Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in a decision along party lines. Dr. Gottlieb is a frequent speaker and consultant to many pharmaceutical companies and has served as advisors for renowned companies.
When the Corporate Wellness Magazine staff received an opportunity to review a product that would enable to behave while working. Because we collectively sit all day at our desks unless we take turns at the standing desk or work together.
Some wearable companies nearly die out from rival predation, so do these companies recover and flourish in the long run. Deep in the core of the successes and failures within the wearable technology industry lies the answer.
Wellness wearables were a hot topic of conversation with the launch of samsung gear in the year 2013 with the idea of smartwatch. At the end of the year, Forbes Magazine declared 2014 to be the year of the wearable and they were close to the mark.
The employee health and wellness front shows a trend shift in five fundamental strategic approach to well-being at work. Those include concept of wellness, improving access, increase budget and financial incentives and going digital.
CWM is proud to honor this year's Corporate Wellness Champions for their remarkable focus to making employees healthier and happier. CW champions can come in many different forms, from a wellness manager to employees down the hall.
The CHRS certification provides human resources, insurance agents and brokers with the tool they need to ensure they are up to date. This knowledge provides designees with information that is invaluable to their company, and essential to career development.
Coffee is loved throughout the world and is considered a great remedy for reducing the chances of liver or uterine cancers. But there is a catch, like drinking hot beverages may actually lead to esophageal cancer and that's a big concern for coffee lovers.
We asked Jason Morgan about the company's wellness program and ROI, creating a culture and the role of incentives. He mentioned- GE Healthcare wellness program creates healthy environments like cafeterias and fitness centers, health coaching, etc.
The foundation of Intel corporation's wellness program is standing on pillars like Movement, Nutrition, Mindset, and Recovery. This is a real shift from relying on the biometric-based clinical type of wellness program to a lifestyle activity-based program.
Modern working environment tend to alleviate the risk of back injury leading to pain in spine and other parts of the body. Unergonomic office chairs create undue pain and physically demanding jobs rarely teach proper walking, standing and lifting techniques.
May is Global Employee Health & Fitness Month, and with it comes the opportunity to introduce new ideas to make healthy easier. Ideal for small team meetings, walking meetings avoid the conference room chat and take your meeting on the move.
While healthcare has not been on the forefront that it has been in the previous two elections, it's in focus lately. America's 18-month election process will be behind us at long last but before we bid goodbye to the 2016 election, let's look at the plans both candidates have in.
Employees in your finance department are not the same as employees in the call center, so treating them as such may result in missed opportunities. Utilizing consumer behavior to segment your employee population could pay dividends.
Since its introduction in 2009, HUB International's wellness program has offered employees support for all identified health risks. The wellness program includes on and off-site wellness screenings, telephonic health coaching.
We all come across a hectic day at work, like big assignment due date soon and that's putting enough stress on your mind. Stress is the number one healthcare problem in the American workforce, and it affects the performance, happiness, and health.
The MTA, with the Atlantic School of Industry and Business, has developed the first Executive Market Intelligence course. The 2-day Executive Program is divided in one on-site day in Lisbon focusing on strategic marketing for healthcare units.
Employee engagement is crucial to sustaining a strong wellness program and the initial goal is to reduce healthcare costs. As the goal has remained constant as the corporate wellness industry has grown over the last five years, other priorities have surfaced too.
Behavioral change of an employee is what breeds a stronger return on investment that defines the success or failure of a program. Other parameters like value on investment, smiles of happy employees are what employers often use.
After 50 years of arrival into the corporate workforce, women are still largely underrepresented at all workforce levels globally. As per reports, women's participation in the labor force globally has remained stagnant over the last two decades.
December 1, 2016, is celebrated as World AIDS Day, a day that gives the world an opportunity to unite and fight against HIV. With so many people living with HIV, it is difficult for the epidemic to not affect companies and workers.
Employees are taking on more financial responsibility for their benefits, and they have more interest than ever. The challenge between employers and employees within the topic of voluntary benefits, though, resides within the voluntary benefits.
Romania is the first European country to partner with the Corporate Health and Wellness Association and launches a CHWA chapter. Under the leadership of Alina Grozescu, employers in Romania will receive access to wellness education.
The Holidays are an amazing time of year, but they can also be stressful, as there's the increasing intensity of work as the year ends. Adding to the intensity, the holidays are also a time that reminds us of people we have lost.
As Veteran Day approaches, it's time for employers to reflect on the importance of hiring veterans for the civilian workforce. Employers hire qualified veterans out of a sense of patriotism and because they tend to be diligent workers.
Sleep is as necessary as oxygen and water, but not everyone gets the sleep they need and it affects their productivity. It is a pillar of a healthy lifestyle and allows our bodies to regenerate to feel refreshed the next day.
The top 20 well-being professionals from various industries were honored at the Well-being 100® Awards Ceremony. Individuals are nominated from 27 categories and various cities across the US and abroad and are honored for their innovative approach.
With wages flat and health care costs rising, employees are looking to their employers for answers to ease their financial ills. Employees have an increased concern or distrust about the financial services industry and employers.
It's time to join JP Bewley, CEO of Big Cloud Analytics and catch him LIVE from the offices of the corporate health & wellness Association. A new tool to supercharge engagement in your wellness program with personalization.
Rather than pursue mergers and acquisitions as the recipe for growth, the famed Mayo Clinic is relying on the face-to-face interaction. In an ever-growing digital world, the Mayo Clinic remains people-centric and that applies to its 60,000 staffers.
Drive, a book written by Daniel Pink illustrates that what motivates people, and why wellness incentives don't work. Most people love to learn things of interest to them, and you were giving them the opportunity and it has a little to do with the wellness.
According to reports, Fitbit will acquire their competitor Pebble for $34-40 million, indicating the fall in the wearable device market. Pebble is famous for their record-breaking Kickstarter campaigns totaling more than $30 million.
It is no secret that healthcare costs have been rising in recent years and are projected to continue to climb for years to come. There are several vital steps your employees can take on their own to ensure that they only pay charges that are true.
President Trump signed a memorandum ordering Secretary of Health and Human to declare America's opioid crisis, a public health emergency. A natural emergency is typically reserved for natural disasters, and the administration feel to declare it an emergency.
Almost all the corporate employees are familiar with the tern neck pain it mainly causes after prolong use of computer or mobile. These long hours hunched over cause muscle strain in the neck and spine.
Prudential Financial Inc. is a Fortune Global 500 company dealing primarily with financial services like insurance and investment. With more than 48,000 employees and total assets worth $766 billion, Prudential Financial is one of the largest corporations in the world.
Everyone keeps a new year resolution but very few keep them ignited, and as per reports only 8 percent of the people maintain them. Here are a few ideas to help the newly resolved jumpstart their 2017 goals and turn aspirations into realizations.
We all make new year's resolutions, I know I do and it's at this point of the year where resolution start to fizzle out. To help with this, January 12 has been designated stick to your new year's resolution day and we offer you general tips to help you achieve your goal.
Have you analyzed what works for employers and have moved from one vendor to another to help bend your cost-curve. The corporate health and wellness association has identified the most influential employer case studies to showcase their findings.
For all the worry about mosquito-borne illnesses including Zika and West Nile Virus, it's a mistake to consider the former a problem. While treating the latter as a phenomenon exclusive to the East Coast in general.
It's common to confuse thirst for hunger and if you're trying to lose weight it's important to know the difference. Confusing these two powerful cravings may cause you to consume more calories than you need and prevent you weight loss goals.
Wearable fitness trackers, the fancy watches you see people wearing today, are making a splash in the corporate wellness space. Newer models can even track blood pressure, oxygen saturation in the blood and stress levels.
What if you come to know that most of the existing weight loss programs are not based on good science. One of the participants in a recent weight-loss webinar remarked that she had been trying to lose weight for over 20 years.
Wisconsin-based electrical contractors Faith Technologies counts on its"Wellness Chargers" in its company-wide wellness program. Also known as wellness champions, these wellness chargers act as the ambassadors for employees.
Employers nationwide are implementing ways to improve their employee's health inside and outside of the cubicle. Some companies around the U.S. have implemented policies that encourage employees to bring their pets to work.
Aetna is committed to well-being and prevention programs that will help its employees reduce chances for chronic diseases. Efforts including the ways to reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome which impact the metabolic syndrome.
One key finding is that bouts of physical activity in 10-minute segments can help individuals achieve health benefits. The recent physical activity guidelines issued by the department are the most substantial piece of guidance that we can give Americans.
The growth within the wellness workplace from its earliest beginnings to the current state, on ROI could fill an entire book. CWM approached Dr. Dee Edington, about the history of wellness programs and what they have in common.
GHR's Christina Hunting sat down with four wellness professionals and their conversation stretched from fitness to incentives. They also highlighted why one size fits all wellness programs don't work while they offer their perspective and unique insights.
Soon music and sound will cure diseases and we are witnessing this prediction more relevant by the day. We have all experienced the healing power of music in our lives before like after a stressful day at work or after hardcore training at the gym.
When it comes to celebrations or any festivals, we include food along with music, dancing and these continue for days. It is safe to say food brings people together and adds to the pleasure of the occasion and that's a very good and natural thing.
Are your employees exposed to medical errors or perhaps even overtreatment and if so, what's your responsibility. After publishing a 223-page report called To Err is Human: the report alleged that up to 98,000 people die every year due to preventable errors.
Earlier an employee's relationship with their direct supervisor was found to be one of the most influential factors. However, this dynamic has changed and the same is highlighted by Jared Lindson- even big companies are much less hierarchial and less in execution.
Dr. Uche Odiatu has the passion to speak to hundreds at conferences worldwide and motivate them for their own health. Like others around me, I was fascinated by Dr. Odiatu's willingness to share a bit of his personal story.
Earlier the cure for social anxiety, PTSD, or even agoraphobia was tedious and required a lot of medication and time to heal. With the implementation of telemedicine, there is an improvement in more lives as mental health treatments are easy to cure.
People are enamored today, with dreams of quitting their jobs, paying off their mortgages and putting away money. The truth, however, is that participating in a herd mentality by choosing to make a small investment for a large payoff.
Lam Research is an American multinational corporation operating in Austria, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States and designs. For Lam Research, its wellness program is not geared toward creating a return on investment.
