Workplace wellness programs are increasing in popularity as employers embrace the potential benefits of such a system. As HR specialist Stephanie Sullivan reports, these programs not only potentially ...

Workplace wellness can boost employee wellbeing and deliver meaningful business returns. But this can only happen when programs follow evidence-based best practices, which include individualized ...

The American College of Surgeons recently announced its new well-being initiative for surgeons. This wellness program has lofty goals: [The ACS] recognizes the need to foster well-being, resilience, ...

When the State of Nebraska launched the wellness program, called wellnessoptions to its employees and spouses, we became one of the first states to offer an integrated wellness program that is tied to ...

Traditional professional development plans in libraries may satisfy organizational or certification needs but do not necessarily satisfy employees’ needs, wants, and interests. What if we put ...

Workplace financial wellness programs are designed to provide information and resources that help employees maximize benefits ...

Firefighting is a demanding occupation. Considerable physical fitness and mental fortitude are required to perform an array of challenging tasks. The public belief is that firefighters, career or ...

Workplace wellness programs aim to improve employee health and lower health care spending. Recent randomized studies have found modest short-run effects on health behaviors, but longer-run effects ...

Workplace wellness programs have shifted from being viewed as a novel and advanced approach to supporting employees to being commonplace. In fact, workers are noting access to a wellness program as a ...

I have worked for many companies that invested heavily in wellness programs, and most followed the same pattern of having a big rollout, a bunch of emails, and then finally a lack of participation or ...

In December 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published a fact sheet addressing how federal nondiscrimination laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), ...