We’re planning business wellness programs to help you feel better and stay healthful. In order to plan programs that best meet your needs and interests we’d like your suggestions!
Please take a few minutes to answer some questions about your interests. Your answers will be combined with those of other’s and reviewed to help plan [...]
Archive for June, 2010
When it comes to health promotion programs, it can be tough to get past all the hype. Here is how to avoid the three most common traps businesss fall into.
Trap #1. the “one-size-fits-all” approach
For good reason, your organization doesn’t simply copy other firms’ 401(k) plans or compensation designs. Yet, all too often, firms adopt ill-fitting [...]
Program evaluation could be the last step, but it ought to be planned at the starting of your efforts! Evaluation helps you identify what parts of the program are working well and what parts need improvement.
Then, based on the analysis data, adjustments can be made to fine-tune your wellness program. Adjusting the program [...]
Variable compensation may be a great way to satisfy demand for higher pay while addressing senior management’s need to improve productivity and keep base salaries under control.
But there are some major pitfalls. Here are two proven ways to avoid the most common legal and return on investment risks.
Non-exempt employees
Beware when you use variable comp as [...]
Armed with data, Wellness Program topic preferences, goals, and goals – and a Wellness Committee rearing to get things done – it’s now time to decide how best to take action. This website provides tools to help you!
You can peruse about the different kinds of wellness programs offered by other corporations to get an [...]
Shopping for health plans through a broker is a fact of life for the vast majority of companies. But how well is your broker meeting your needs?
And how can you work together better to minimize costs while getting maximum bang for your organization’s benefits buck?
What’s New in Benefits and Compensation conducted an exclusive survey of [...]
The Wellness Committee ought to set out a plan for the entire year that outlines accomplishing goals and goals, as well as provides details for advertising and marketing and evaluating the program.
The plan is the detailed map of what kinds of programs will be offered, when and where they’ll be scheduled, how they’ll be [...]
Which costs your organization more – workers who miss work or ones who show up physically but take a mental PTO day?
For most businesss, it’s the latter. So why do even savvy senior level managers and finance directors (we’re not just talking about the bean-counters) worry about absenteeism while downplaying so-called presenteeism as a drain [...]
A Wellness Program without goals and goals is somewhat akin to taking a family trip without any planning; you won’t know where you are going, how to get there, what you want to do once you have arrived, or even whether or not you have arrived!
The trip may end up ok, or it may [...]
Any benefits HR/manager can adopt these ways to make workers feel more appreciated.
The common thread – using your own communication skills as a powerful tool for improveing morale.
1. Put in face time
When time permits, managers may want to put in some “face time” with workers. This in and of itself is a kind of staff [...]
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