ASHHRA Health and Wellness Pulse
November 2017
 
Oracle America, Inc.
Benefits
Strategy
Ladders
Being the bearer of bad news in the office is always an unpleasant task, but there are some methods that are more unpleasant than others. 
 
Benefit Trends
HR Daily Advisor
A survey conducted among recent college graduates currently working full-time sought to gauge employee attitudes toward student loan benefits programs. The findings provide insights into just how valuable these benefits are by those respondents whose employers offer repayment programs — and how attractive they are to respondents from companies who don’t.
 
HR Dive
Men are more likely than women to leverage their employee benefits, a new study by benefits technology provider Businessolver found. According to Benefits Pro, the study also shows that men are more satisfied than women with their benefits. 
 
Workplace Programs & Perks
Washington Post
A new start-up, Milk Stork, allows traveling mothers to ship their breastmilk to their baby from the road with a cooler that arrives in their hotel room as a postpaid package. The business arrives as a growing number of companies are assisting female employees who are nursing.
 
HR Daily Advisor
Many companies consider perks to be a term synonymous with company culture. However, the issue with perks is that they’re only scratching the surface with tangible, expendable things. A real culture goes beyond the surface-level.
 
Culture of Health
Workplace Wellness
Corporate Wellness Magazine
Company culture tells people what’s acceptable. In order for culture to flourish, it needs to visibly (and authentically) demonstrate support for employee well-being and engagement.
 
Mental Health
International Well Building Institute
For those of us working in the 21st century, we’ve experienced technologies, innovation and efficiencies in our personal lives and across the global marketplace that were unthinkable just a few decades ago. Yet we’re also learning that the frenetic pace and increased demands faced by employees in the modern workplace are helping to drive an epidemic of critical mental health issues.
 
Workforce
American businesses don’t understand the severity of workplace bullying, say some experts, as a new CareerBuilder study indicates growing incidences of bullying target LGBT workers.
 
Wellness Trends
HR Dive
As employees become increasingly interested in wellness, employers are working to ensure that workplace benefits and amenities meet that demand.
 
 

 

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