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, ...

As health care costs have increased, employers have scrambled to find creative ways to help employees pay for benefits without decreasing their net paychecks or paying an employer contribution to ...

Offering employee benefits packages that go beyond health insurance and retirement plans is a great way for smaller businesses to attract and hold on to top-level employees. However, setting up ...

When teachers and other school staff in West Virginia walked off the job in 2018, news coverage of the historic strike focused on bread-and-butter issues like their rising health-care premiums and low ...

One of the biggest ongoing debates surrounding the wellness industry is whether or not corporate wellness programs “work.” This debate about workplace wellness ROI (return on investment) is heating up ...

Financial incentives created under the Affordable Care Act can help promote employer wellness programs and support preventive services utilization. ABSTRACTObjectives: Using a large natural experiment ...

Effective as of the first day of the plan year that began on January 1, 2017, or after, employers maintaining wellness programs that collect employee health information must satisfy a new notice ...

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 ...