ASHHRA Health and Wellness Pulse
January 2018
 
Naylor Association Solutions
Benefits
Strategy
HR Technologist
As we turn the calendar to 2018, HR managers are beginning to focus on benefit planning. The importance of understanding gaps that may occur in the usual medical plans is a key factor when planning for the future of employees. Peter Marcia, the CEO at YouDecide shares three voluntary benefits to attract and retain talent.
 
Financial
HR Morning
According to a report published by the Center for Financial Services Innovation, one in three employers report that issues with personal finances serve as a distraction at work. This stress thus leads to many inefficiencies in the work place such as lost productivity, increased absences and healthcare claims.
 
HR Daily Advisor
Some companies send employees home for offenses such as violating the dress code and insubordination. Find out what HR Daily Advisor thinks about using this as a form of discipline for employees.
 
Naylor Association Solutions
Workplace Programs & Perks
The Globe and Mail
There are many ideas that may pop into your head when you think of a millennial workplace, things such as free lunches and ping pong. Companies are finding themselves competing with startups to provide extraordinary perks to employees. The co-founder and CEO of Crowdriff shares insight on what perks millennials actually are interested in receiving from their employer.
 
Boss Magazine
Wellness programs are now considered the norm by many employees in the workforce. Employers are taking the time to customize wellness programs for their employees depending on where they are based on their career and life stages.
 
Retirement
Workforce
Lifetime income is something that United Technologies Corp. has incorporated into its 401(k) plan. The company reviewed its investment plan and decided to offer their employees a plan that would give them a paycheck for life.
 
Culture of Health
Workplace Wellness
ASHHRA
With the winter months comes much more illness in the office. If your workplace is anything like ours, then there is a good chance a handful of folks are out of the office sick at any given time. Does your organization have a formalized sick leave policy? Check out Kittitas Valley Community Hospital's Sick Leave Benefit Policy, listed in ASHHRA's toolkit for sick leave policy insight and ideas. For more sample policies, check out the ASHHRA Benefit Toolkit at ashhra.org/BenefitsToolkit.
 
Benefit News
Many employers utilize apps through their company wellness programs, but HR departments may find it a burden to research and vet all the programs. As technology continues to immerse itself into every industry, wellness apps are starting to morph together and become interconnected.
 
Medical Xpress
Employees are being encouraged to talk to HR managers to make a case for offering workplace wellness initiatives that include some type of physical activity. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, creating a culture of wellness at work will improve health and boost job performance.
 
Work-Life Integration
HR Daily Advisor
The court mandates certain pregnancy accommodations for expecting mothers or nursing mothers. This article highlights important points from a recent case in Illinois and what the Illinois Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act states.
 
Chartered Management Institute
CMI shares some tips on achieving the ideal work-life balance. Share these tips on how to achieve work-life integration with your employees whether they see themselves as workaholics, overachievers or perfectionists. These tips apply to all!
 
Population Health
KHOU
It is customary to shake hands in the workplace with colleagues, but that is also a direct way to spread germs such as the flu virus. Those hands then are touched to keyboards, phones and even the coffee pot in the breakroom.
 
Wellness Trends
Forbes
Many healthcare trends are emerging in 2018, these trends are scientifically proven and are better for you while containing cleaner environmental practices.
 
 

 

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