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Despite its broad impact, parenthood is not widely discussed or supported at work. As a result, many current and expecting parents feel the pressure to choose lower paying positions or leave the workforce altogether in order to have more time to ...

With the U.S. District Court’s decision to vacate the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) wellness rule effective January 1, 2019, employers are rightfully scrambling to determine how to react and what the rule revisions mean for ...

This week’s Whiteboard Wednesday session focuses on genetic testing for employee wellness programs.  Already popular in the consumer market, genetic disease risk screening is entering employee benefits.  A number of employers, including Levi ...

This week’s Whiteboard Wednesday session focuses on a specific finding from the highly publicized Illinois Workplace Wellness Study.  The session reviews the impact of financial incentives on program participation.  The video focuses on the impact ...

This week’s Whiteboard Wednesday session is on creative and unique rewards that real employers are implementing.  The session reviews the actual wellness rewards and benefits offered to employees at five leading companies.  Collectively, these ...

Since last week's Whiteboard Wednesday session on the math behind reducing blood testing was so popular, this week’s session also provides a little fun with math!  Specifically, the session discusses how employers may underestimate the total cost of ...

This week's Whiteboard Wednesday session is on the math behind reducing blood testing and why employers should not conduct broad-based blood testing via biometric screenings.  Whiteboard Wednesday videos are meant to be short so this one focuses on ...

This week's Whiteboard Wednesday session is on optimizing employee wellness rewards! Employers invest significant financial resources in the form of rewards or prizes for participating in an employee wellness programs. It only makes sense for ...

This post is for Wellable’s inaugural Whiteboard Wednesday session!  Whiteboard Wednesdays are short-form video posts from Wellable on important topics to know for employee health and wellness professionals.  Check out the video below on how to ...