...LiveWellNYU is a student wellness program at New York University (NYU) that has been nationally recognized and has helped thousands of students at NYU in different areas of health. One of these health areas that LiveWellNYU tackles is mental health/depression (NYU, 2012). NYU (n.d.) states that the LiveWellNYU program combines an evidence-based public health approach with ground-breaking strategies that helps students take charge of their health by developing healthy lifestyles and habits. This particular program not only deals with individual students and the NYU Student Health Center, but also aims to provide strategies for faculty and staff, student leaders, parents, family, friends, and community partners to better improve the health of...
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...Efficacy of Wellness Programs in the Workplace By: ??????? July 27, 2012 Dr. ??????? Abstract Workplace wellness programs are programs created to promote a healthy lifestyle among employees through exercise facilities, classes or seminars on nutrition, and exercise and health education. Wellness programs have been implemented by various corporations and firms. Larger corporations (minimum of 1,000 workers) tend to implement wellness programs to boost worker health, productivity, and, ultimately, reduce company cost for health care coverage. The United States Workplace Wellness Alliance was implemented in 2009 because of the need for wellness programs for corporations. A qualitative search from scholarly, peer-reviewed articles of employee wellness programs was conducted to assess the efficacy of the wellness programs. The results showed promising results of wellness programs, including decrease in company health care cost and increase in return on investments (ROIs). Workplace wellness programs have shown to decrease employee absenteeism, presenteeism, medical cost, and increase productivity. Background Wellness programs are a common part of the modern-day workplace. They were created for companies to cultivate wellness in their employees. Wellness programs are an essential part of corporations for various reasons. The most important reason is that healthy employees lead to greater productivity for a company and, ultimately, more revenue. Over the...
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...Sydney and Melbourne, helping them to become more productive, while lowering their overall costs with innovative wellness programs and strategies. Bounce Fitness is based on two simple facts: 1. Healthy employees are more productive than chronically ill employees. 2. It costs less to prevent injuries or illnesses than to treat them after they occur. Traditional endeavours to corporate health care are quite reactive. Corporations wait until after staff has been ill or injured, and then pay for the necessary treatments. The Bounce Fitness approach, emphasises prevention and good health promotion, and is much more proactive. At Bounce Fitness, we tie worker productivity directly to the health care issue. We believe that traditional approaches to the current health care crisis are misdirected. Bounce Fitness contends that by helping employees change their behaviour patterns and choose healthier lifestyles, the health care costs to corporations will be considerably reduced through increased staff productivity, reduced absenteeism and turnover, reduced worker’s compensation claims and a healthier, motivated staff. Current economic and demographic changes will make health care issues worse. The environmental factors and the local competitive situation is a clear message to Bounce Fitness. The time is right for a Bounce Fitness initiative. Situation Analysis Bounce Fitness began in 2001 in Cairns Queensland. The business model has been well received and resulted in...
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...What You Know Can Save You Health Fair Eric Hamilton Axia College University of Phoenix HCA – 250 The Psychology of Health Instructor Robbie Johnson February 28, 2010 What You Know Can Save You Health Fair The objective of this wellness program is to develop and implement a health fair and educational seminar for the warehouse, delivery, and administrative staff at the Kraft Birmingham and Montgomery sales facilities in Alabama. All employees are between the ages of 25 to 55, with an educational range of high school through college. The combination of the greater Birmingham and Montgomery metro area and the type of work performed would place this group in the middle to upper middle-class category, with a mixture of blue and white-collar individuals. This health fair and wellness educational seminar will help in these areas of daily life, increase awareness, understanding of critical health behaviors within the workplace, homes, and communities. The “What You Know Health Fair” will tap on areas of health-related challenges including • Obesity and Diabetes • Heart Disease • Substance use and abuse • Physical, mental, and social well-being Realizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle and consciously making the decision to adopt one is a necessary first step toward improved health and well-being. Dedicating resources to empower employees to take an active role within their...
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...Proposal to Implement an Employee Wellness Program at Electronics, Inc. Deena Lampe National American University Abstract This paper is a proposal to implement an employee wellness program for the employees of Electronics, Inc. This proposal contains background on the need for, and benefits of, instituting an employee wellness program, the importance of employee wellness and productivity, and educational needs of employees to maintain health and wellness. Attracting and maintaining personnel is crucial to an organization’s success and with current trends in the labor market, retaining personnel and ensuring business stability is a continuous challenge that requires conscientious human resource management. A happy and healthy workforce facilitates productivity through wellness and physical fitness. Proposal to Implement an Employee Wellness Program at Electronics, Inc. People in the labor force, are depended upon to follow through with work commitments. A healthy employee is able to do more and feel well enough to enjoy it. With high stress jobs, increased rush hour traffic, and demanding schedules, how can employers not be concerned about the health of employees? Research shows that, to maintain a healthy lifestyle balance, one third of a 24-hour day should be for sleep, one third for work and one third for play. The trend in today’s workplace is for employees to work longer hours and as a result, when they arrive home they do not feel like exercising...
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...changing demographics. Administration had concluded that the profit of additional volume would prevail demographics change over the next years. In this particular case, there is one major problem and all other problems seemed to have stemmed off this one. Unfortunately administration miscalculated profits and undervalued effects and pace of patient demographics changes. First immediate outcome of the contract was increase in number of emergency room patients. Initially build for capacity 40,000 visits each year, new patient demographics population added extra 15,000 visits. At that point ED was overcrowded and insured patients become unhappy with new clientele, which consist mainly of uninsured patients, or patients covered by Medicaid program. Second problem connected to the contract was dissatisfaction of medical staff. Mandy doctors...
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...weighted scoring model using the template provided on the Moodle to prepare a weighted scoring model using the template provided on the Moodle to evaluate these four projects. Develop at least four criteria, assign weights, assign scores, and then calcite weighted scores. Present spread sheet and bar-chart with the results also write a one page paper describing this weighted scoring model and what the results show | Weight | Recreation and wellness intranet | Health coverage costs business model | Cross selling system | Web enhanced communication system | Team work | 20% | 80 | 85 | 50 | 70 | Customer support | 30% | 90 | 95 | 85 | 80 | Has Good management | 25% | 70 | 90 | 95 | 70 | Level of technology | 25% | 40 | 50 | 90 | 60 | | 100% | 74.5 | 80.5 | 81.75 | 70.50 | Calculations: Weight Score for Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project: 20%*80 + 30%*90 + 25%*70 + 25%*40 = 74.5 Weight Score for Health Coverage Costs Business Model: 20%*85 + 30%*95 + 25%*90 + 25%*50 = 80.50 Weight Score for Cross Selling System: 20%*50 + 30%*85 + 25%*95 + 25%*90 = 81.75 Weight Score for Web Enhanced Communications System: 20%*70 + 30%*80 + 25%*70 + 25%*60 = 70.50 Weighted Score Model provides systematic process for selecting projects based on different criteria. This criteria...
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...WELLNESS PROGRAMS SLOWED THE GROWTH OF HEALTH CARE COSTS Managing the cost of healthcare and retirement has been a main focus of HR professionals for quite some time. Preventive health and wellness benefits are designed to help maintain or change employees’ behavior in order to achieve better health and decrease health risks. By preventing or lessening the incidence of adverse health conditions, employers hope to save on long-term health costs. (Miller, 10) According to a study published in the March/April 2011edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion, when employers consistently offered a wellness program to their employees, findings of health care costs rose at a 15 percent slower rate among wellness program participants than a comparison group. The study, which focused on Highmark employer wellness group wellness programs, showed a savings of $332 per participant. This indicates that substantial savings may result for group customers once a worksite wellness program is established. Highmark is a health benefits provider which serves 4.7 million members in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and is one of the largest Blue Cross/Blue Shield independent licensees in the U.S. The results prove that keeping employees healthy is not only good for the business, but also for a company’s bottom line. The study also indicates that even small interventions, like online programs, can help have an impact on healthcare costs for those that participate. Highmark’s...
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...on the viability of the fitness centre. Cost vs benefits have been studied and ways to decrease cost and increase revenue have been looked at. The options have been evaluated considering the need for space and the high cost to maintain the place. Based on this analysis it is recommended to open the fitness centre to family members of employees at a membership fee which would increase enough revenue to lease a facility to accommodate the Information Systems Department Executive Summary Viability of the Fitness Centre at Rocky Mountain is discussed. Investments and maintenance cost is very high. They are not justified by the usage of the facility. Space is needed to accommodate Information Systems Department and management is contemplating closing the fitness centre. This is would lead to decreased morale among regulars to the fitness centre. Solutions have been discussed and the most feasible alternative is: 1. Formally introduce the Wellness Program 2. Make it open to families of employees at a membership fee 3. Use funds generated in the process to lease a place for the Information Systems Department Upon evaluation this option looks viable and should be implemented. Situation Analysis Rocky Mountain Mutual, an insurance company built its head quarters in Utah, given its remote location they opened a fitness centre alongside as the management considers exercise to be important for employee benefit and also assuming that it would serve as a attraction...
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...Wellness Program | Proposed to | | ByCelma Freitas de SaC0351156BUS 315 - Workplace Health, Safety and WellnessMarch 18th, 2016 | Table of Contents 1. Can Wellness Programs benefit employers? If so, how? 3 2. What is the real problem? 4 a) Developing the Survey 5 b) The Survey 5 c) The Survey Results 6 3. The Wellness Program 7 References 9 Appendix A 10 Appendix B 11 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 14 Appendix E 16 Appendix F 18 1. Can Wellness Programs benefit employers? If so, how? Studies show that it is indeed true that organizations can benefit from taking a holistic approach to their employees' well-being. Wellness is a hot topic nowadays, and workplaces all over the world are promoting it. Wellness is so beneficial to organizations that researches from NASA are saying that by increasing physical activity by just ½ hour for each employee per day will double employee productivity in the final two hours of the day (SonicBoomWellness.com, 2016). In addition, creating wellness programs can reduce the risk of employees slacking at work or feeling down, thus the amount of unproductive time might be significantly reduced. As a result, wellness programs can give the organization a greater ROI and consequently reducing health care costs (SonicBoomWellness.com, 2016). For example, if your average employee earns $50K per year, reducing lost productivity by just 15 minutes per day would result in a savings of $1,562.50 per employee per...
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...Situational Analysis In the competitive business environment, organizations have to deal with the complexity of rising customer expectations and greater workspace demands. Managers of any organization are challenged with the need to continually motivate employees to sustain high levels of customer satisfaction. According to Stershic, author of the book “Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most, the employees are truly the most powerful medium for conveying the brand to customers (Stershic, 2008). Employer sponsored wellness programs have been on the rise in recent years; according to a survey conducted to 361 organizations in the Chicago area by the Rush University Medical Center, the organizations are highly interested in engaging employees in healthier behaviors by encouraging healthier lifestyle habits. The organizations are realizing that implementing wellness initiatives has the potential to boost productivity and reduce indirect medical costs (Rush University Medical Center, 2012). Organizations such as Johnson & Johnson have embraced health and wellness programs towards reducing risks such as unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, and obesity among their employees, using these programs to establish company-wide performance goals (Johnson & Johnson, 2012). Figure 1. Johnson & Johnson health and safety indicators. This philosophy of caring for employees is the cornerstone of The Magnificent Mile of Wellness. The Magnificent Mile of Wellness is a Chicago-based...
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...Lawsuits Success Wellness will be pro-active in preventing lawsuits from happening. All federal and state laws will be followed in the manufacturing, advertising, and selling of monitors. Success Wellness will employ a full time staff of legally astute managers and skilled business litigators. The legally astute managers will comprehend and actively manage the legal section of the business to protect it from lawsuits and assure that the business complies with federal, state and local laws (Bagley & Savage, 2010). Alternative dispute resolution clauses will be incorporated into all of Success Wellness’ business contracts. The legally astute managers will work alongside our corporate lawyers to ensure that Success Wellness is protected from possible lawsuits. Lawsuits will be avoided at all costs. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) In the unlikely event that Success Wellness is involved in a dispute with another party, it will use alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolve disputes. Alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) are methods used by companies to resolve disputes without taking the matter to court. There are many different types of ADR programs that are available; however, the three basic types are arbitration, mediation and negotiation. Federal and state governments encourage using ADR programs to promote settlements and avoid matters going to court (Bagley & Savage, 2010, p. 85). Benefits of ADR. There are many benefits to using alternative dispute...
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...MEMORANDUM DATE: November 29, 2010 TO: James Martin, Director of Human Resources FROM: Name, Assistant Director of Human Resources SUBJECT: Wellness Program Recommendations for Technicraft, Inc. Attached is the report on the implementation of corporate wellness programs. Due to rising health benefit costs and a rising number of health benefit claims, you requested that I investigate the implementation of corporate wellness programs as a way to reduce company costs. In order to determine whether it would be possible to improve employee health and lifestyle habits, while also cutting company costs, I analyzed the results that several companies had after launching their own wellness programs. I also considered and researched the potential disadvantages of implementing a wellness program. After a thorough investigation of all of these factors, I recommend that Technicraft, Inc. implement a corporate wellness program in order to improve employee health and productivity and reduce or stabilize company health benefit costs. I have enjoyed researching this topic and would like to meet with you to discuss my recommendation. I will call you early next week in order to schedule a meeting time or you may contact me at extension 5555. WELLNESS PROGRAM RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICRAFT, INC. Prepared for James Martin, Director of Human Resources Technicraft, Inc. 4501 West 92nd Street Indianapolis, IN 46260 Prepared by Name, Assistant Director of Human...
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...detailed analysis and recommendations on retaining current employees in this economic recession. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO: FROM: DATE: October 17, 2012 SUBJECT: Recommendation Report Dear Ms. Mason: This report provides recommendations on employee retention in this economic recession. In an effort to prevent dissatisfaction in the workplace environment, I’ve compiled this report that will provide an in-depth analysis of the situation. Access Mortgage could potentially lose key staff based on the lack of financial compensation. In order to limit turnover and unpleased workers, this report will include the best recommendations on retaining employees. I’ve compiled data with the assistance of internal and external research, case studies, and industry specific analysis. If there are any question or concerns please reach out to me and I’ll be happy to answer any of your questions. Thank you. Farin Clementine TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL………………………………………………………ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………..iv PROBLEM……………………………………………………………………………5 BACKGROUND……………………………………………………………………...5 BODY…………………………………………………………………………………6 CONCLUSIONS……………………………………………………………………....8 RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………………………………..….9 WORKS CITED……………………………………………………………………...10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report serves to recommend best policies and procedures in an effort to retain employees. This will include information ranging from health/wellness to workplace...
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...Communication Core Competencies |PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT |Program Facilitation | |Student Development Theory |Recruitment, Orientation Programming | |Administrative Functions |Corporate Relation | |Media Relation |Volunteer Management | |Project Management |Public Speaking | |Leadership Development |Social Networking | |Strategic Project Development |Interpersonal Communications | Professional Experience GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE Student Service Program Coordinator Dunwoody, Georgia 2008- 2012 • Supervise Health and Wellness, Student Life and community activities, programs and events. • Advisor and leadership coach to Student Government Association and the Health and Wellness Committee. • Supervise and...
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