Study: Tobacco Cessation Programs Need More Than Behavioral Interventions
- 06.17.2020
- Facts and Research
For many employers, one of the most substantial ways they can improve their employee’s health is by helping them quit smoking. Giving up tobacco can help workers live longer, healthier lives while improving their productivity and reducing time lost ...
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Amazon Sued Over COVID-19 Employee Safety Concerns
- 06.15.2020
- Wellable News
For many employers right now, it isn’t just health fears or financial concerns alone that are driving their work policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some worry about legal risks, should a worker become sick or a spread of the illness begins in ...
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CDC Releases Reopening Recommendations For Office Spaces
- 06.10.2020
- Corporate Wellness
Communities across the country are in the process of lifting restrictions imposed due to COVID-19. The majority of these initial reopening phases have focused on how service-oriented businesses (such as restaurants, salons, and recreation centers ...
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Survey: Only Half of Americans Plan To Get Coronavirus Vaccine
- 06.08.2020
- Facts and Research
As researchers across the world work to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, community leaders are hopeful that its creation may help facilitate an easier and quicker transition back to “normal life” while minimizing the effects of the virus’s continued ...
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Google Announces Remote Work Plan
- 06.03.2020
- Mobile Wellness
As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, companies are looking at a combination of government guidelines, health advice, and employee preferences to build their return-to-work strategies. Just recently, Google sent out an email to employees about how the ...
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Study: Wellness Programs Improve Employee’s Health Beliefs, Not Clinical ...
- 06.01.2020
- Facts and Research
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducted a two-year study on the efficacy of workplace wellness programs. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), this study comes as the second ...
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As Businesses Reopen, Immunity Tests Are Losing Favor
- 05.27.2020
- Facts and Research
As communities across the world make plans to reopen businesses, many are turning to antibody tests in order to determine who is less likely to spread the disease or fall ill. However, most US companies will not be implementing the tests. Instead, ...
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7 Stats On COVID-19’s Impact On Employee Mental Health
- 05.26.2020
- Facts and Research
Stress related to COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on people’s mental health, as demand for support services surges and substance abuse and suicides continue to rise. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a report to delve ...
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Survey: Current Workforce Values Mental Health, Professional Development
- 05.20.2020
- Facts and Research
Recently, Ernst & Young conducted their “Better You” survey to examine how employee benefits are valued by both the current and upcoming workforces. By collecting responses from 1,000 employees across different generations and 1,000 current ...
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Working From Home, Employees Lament Absence Of On-site Perks
- 05.18.2020
- Corporate Wellness
While working remotely can be extremely attractive to employees, there are still several companies that have built workforce happiness through appealing on-site perks. Meal services and free snacks, fitness gear and facilities, and high-tech office ...
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