ASHHRA Health and Wellness Pulse
FROM ASHHRA
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/ahh-health/index.com?aid=330092&issueID=44877 to view the full article online. BENEFITS
World at Work The increasing affordability of smartphones and tablets combined with the growing acceptance of corporate bring-your-own-device programs are driving growth in the mobile worker population.
Visit http://www.worldatwork.org/adimLink?id=78854 to view the full article online. Marlene Y. Satter, BenefitsPro Employees are under a lot of financial stress. Employers want to help them, but they’re not always sure how.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/06/22/6-tips-from-a-financial-wellness-hackathon?t=wellness to view the full article online. Dan Schawbel, Forbes One of the biggest economic trends to which I’ve been paying attention is expansion of the nine-to-five workday. Employees are getting paid the same salaries, but
Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2015/06/29/why-workplace-flexibility-is-the-linchpin-to-employee-happiness/ to view the full article online. Elizabeth Galentine, Employee Benefit News With eight in ten adults needing some type of vision correction, employees are much more likely to go for an annual vision exam than to schedule an annual physical with their primary care physician.
Visit http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/voluntary/how-vision-and-medical-plans-can-work-together-to-improve-wellness-2746836-1.html to view the full article online. World at Work What's more worrisome than personal relationship issues, possible job loss or physical injury? Saving for retirement. Yet, investors say short-term expenses – including emotional spending – hinder long-term savings.
Visit http://www.worldatwork.org/adimLink?id=78866 to view the full article online. Gil Lowerre and Bonnie Brazzell, BenefitsPro The annual Benefits Selling/Eastbridge Voluntary survey was conducted during March and April of this year, and almost 300 producers responded representing a combination of employee benefit brokers, traditional voluntary brokers, enrollment companies and agents. The overarching conclusion from the survey is that voluntary is now front and center for many brokers regardless of the type.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/02/voluntary-goes-mainstream?page_all=1 to view the full article online. Cindy Lapoff, Employee Benefit News A generational shift is underway. This year, millennials will overtake baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generation. As the boomer generation moves further into traditional retirement years, evolving employee expectations are altering the benefits landscape more significantly than at any other time in recent history.
Visit http://ebn.benefitnews.com/blog/ebviews/bridging-the-generational-financial-wellness-divide-2746657-1.html to view the full article online. Dan Cook, BenefitsPro Does it make sense to take the time and effort to revise the corporate health plan rather than just stand pat year to year? A study from PwC rather emphatically endorses making plan changes.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/13/plan-redesign-leads-to-greater-cost-control?ref=hp-news to view the full article online. Marlene Y. Satter, BenefitsPro Not only are they planning on retiring later, but Americans still in the workplace are expecting that their retirement will be filled with...work. Why? Most say they can’t afford to do otherwise.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/13/workers-anticipate-retirement-as-just-more-work?ref=hp-top-stories to view the full article online. Scott Wooldridge, BenefitsPro Wellness benefits have become a mainstream offering for most large companies. Smoking cessation, nutrition, fitness and health screenings have all been embraced by employers as a way of addressing health care costs and improving employee loyalty.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/01/nontraditional-offerings-changing-the-wellness-gam?t=wellness to view the full article online. Max Nisen, Quartz In their efforts to retain talent, American companies are getting more and more creative in the perks they offer employees. A survey of more than 400 companies by the Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) has found an increase in the variety of extra benefits on offer which range from nice but minor -- like fitness trackers -- to potentially very expensive -- like paying off employees’ student loans.
Visit http://qz.com/442670/the-odd-new-employee-benefits-coming-to-american-workplaces/ to view the full article online. Suzanne Woolley, BenefitsPro Michael Kitces could drive a hot new car, work out in a high-end gym and relax in a sprawling house. He can afford it. He just doesn’t want it.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/08/hacking-retirement?ref=hp-in-depth&page_all=1 to view the full article online. 
CULTURE OF HEALTH
World at Work A rising "always on" culture is leading to employees feeling overworked and burned out -- but they're still happy at work. Is it because they're truly inspired or simply conditioned?
Visit http://www.worldatwork.org/adimLink?id=78865 to view the full article online. Bianca Seidman, CBS News What happens when the people who take care of the sick get sick themselves? A new survey finds that they often feel obligated to show up to work anyway.
Visit http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctors-often-work-while-sick-putting-patients-at-risk/ to view the full article online. World at Work Workplace wellness programs are broadening to focus on the whole person. By taking care of employees' well-being, employers create great places to work filled with healthier, more productive employees.
Visit http://www.worldatwork.org/adimLink?id=78812 to view the full article online. Aaron Gregg, Washington Post Wellness programs are nothing new, but some experts and human resources directors have noticed a concerted shift in companies’ approaches.
Visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/companies-take-a-broader-view-of-employee-wellness-programs/2015/06/08/e3b3f2c4-e1ed-11e4-81ea-0649268f729e_story.html to view the full article online. World at Work With millennials expected to be 50 percent of the U.S. workforce by 2020 and millennial men approaching parenthood differently, employers should factor in fathers when building benefits plans and work-life policies.
Visit http://www.worldatwork.org/adimLink?id=78824 to view the full article online. Julie Appleby, MedCity News Christine White pays $300 a year more for her health care because she refused to join her former employer’s wellness program which would have required that she fill out a health questionnaire and join activities like Weight Watchers.
Visit http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/coercive-workplace-wellness-programs/ to view the full article online. Tanja Madsen, BenefitsPro Many employers are now recognizing that there
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/07/10/the-5-pieces-of-employee-wellness?ref=hp-news to view the full article online. Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld Welcome to the employee wellness program at Iron Mountain, dubbed LiveWell. About 1,600 of the company's 8,000 U.S. employees use different types of consumer-grade wearable devices, such as Fitbit or Apple Watch, to measure how many steps they take and to generate other fitness metrics.
Visit http://www.computerworld.com/article/2937333/wearables/wearables-and-company-wellness-programs-go-hand-in-hand.html to view the full article online. Dan Cook, BenefitsPro Wellness programs have come a long way since the old days of the employee assistance program. But engagement continues to be a problem.
Visit http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/06/17/11-reasons-employees-dont-use-wellness-programs to view the full article online. Vicky Valet, Forbes Wellness programs have become fundamental features in the benefits plans of many major organizations, most notably Google which offers employees on-site physicians and nurses, nutritious food options, nap pods and
Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2015/07/08/more-than-two-thirds-of-u-s-employers-currently-offer-wellness-programs-study-says/ to view the full article online. Nick Otto, Employee Benefit News It’s no surprise that health care costs are continuing to rise, and while employers remain committed to providing benefits, many are re-evaluating their benefit strategies using a mix of traditional cost-shifting approaches and new network and plan design strategies to combat those rising costs.
Visit http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/health-care/employee-well-being-the-new-benefit-mantra-2746838-1.html to view the full article online. DeMaris Trapp, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, via The National Law Review On June 19, 2015, public comments were submitted for the EEOC’s much anticipated proposed rule to amend the Title I of the ADA to clarify how the statute applies to certain employee health wellness programs.
Visit http://www.natlawreview.com/article/eeoc-s-proposed-rule-employee-health-wellness-programs to view the full article online. |