While many employers acknowledge that healthy workers are more productive workers, and contribute to lower healthcare costs, a new poll shows that most working Americans do not have employer-provided wellness benefits. In the poll, commissioned by Workplace Options, a leading global provider of integrated employee well-being services, 55 percent of working Americans report having no …
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Health Anxiety May Increase Risk of Heart Disease
Bergen, Norway – Worrying about heart disease and other serious illnesses may boost your risk of developing heart disease, according to a recent study. Using the Hordaland Health Study, a long-term research collaboration in Norway, researchers analyzed data on more than 7,000 people and concluded that the “worried well” – people who are healthy but …
Workplace Wellness Training Powerpoints
Related Workplace Wellness Training Courses Workplace Stress Wellness & Fitness Office Ergonomics Sexual Harassment for Employees Sexual Harassment for Managers Workplace Wellness by PHA Date Created: 2017 Number of Slides: 18 Created By: PHA Download Atlantic Training’s collection of safety training PowerPoints from around the web to train your team on important EHS Safety topics …
Workplace Health & Safety Infographic
Workplace health & safety is important for every workplace, regardless of your occupation, despite that some industries may have more safety risks than others. The numbers can be quite startling, and just goes to show that an injury or illness can happen any time, any where. That’s why it becomes important that we pinpoint the …
Corporate Wellness Infographic: The State of Corporate Wellness Programs In America
It’s absolutely no secret that when companies invest in their employee’s health, it actually has a substantial ROI. Corporate wellness program reduce items such as absenteeism, turnover, etc. which leads to less lost production time. Despite the importance of a corporate wellness program, America could certainly make more of an investment in it’s employee’s health. …
Working Longer Hours Can Increase Risk of Heart Attacks
New research finds that employees who work 46 hours or more per week over a period of 10 years have a greater risk of experiencing some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) event than those working 45 hours or less. Sadie H. Conway, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, and her colleagues …
Give Your Employees the Benefit of the Doubt on Safety
“Gifts and kind sentiments shared during the year-end holiday season bring to mind corollaries with workplace health and safety. Giving positive feedback and the benefit of the doubt to workers will help make success in safety possible. In safety, you do get what you give. Let’s say that you see someone get help before lifting …
Top 10 Workplace Trends for 2016
Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologists study workplace issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance and work–life balance. These are the workplace needs members of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) are predicting businesses will need to address in 2016. 10. Using Social Media to Make Employment-Related …
Measure What Matters in Workplace Health & Safety
“American baseball legend Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.” Yogi was a smart man: successful companies measure their progress toward goals. Performance measurement also helps identify best practices and can promote a positive culture by giving credit when it’s due. Recognize achievement People exceed …