Uncategorized HR Tip: EEOC update – Wellness programs 10 Jul 201926 Jun 2019 Employers remain in limbo on when they can impose penalties or rewards to encourage employees to disclose medical information in health risk assessments. The EEOC had delayed the proposed rulemaking…
Uncategorized Seven ways to bolster employee participation in wellness programs 26 Nov 201811 Nov 2018 Planning ahead for a new plan year is a good time to evaluate current program performance. If employee engagement in your wellness program is a concern, you're not alone. Here…
Uncategorized HR Tip: How employers are controlling health benefit costs 8 Oct 201823 Sep 2018 According to the nonprofit National Business Group on Health (NBGH) survey 2019 Large Employers' Health Care Strategy and Plan Design, the cost of employer-sponsored health benefits is expected to near…
Uncategorized HR Tip: SHRM benefit survey on popular perks30 17 Sep 201815 Aug 2018 aAccording to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) 2018 Employee Benefits Survey the current low level of unemployment is driving employers to beef up their benefits to retain and…
Uncategorized Fatigue: a hidden workplace risk 20 Aug 201815 Aug 2018 Americans are known as a 24/7 society and often take pride in their sleep deprivation. Although some workers experience fatigue at work because of their lifestyle, the workplace is the…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Study: Engaged employees have fewer accidents and lower absenteeism 11 Jul 201827 Jun 2018 The 2017 Gallup Report, State of the American Workplace, corroborates past studies that engaged employees are measurably more productive and profitable, safer, healthier, more loyal, and less likely to leave…
Uncategorized Overcoming the opioid crisis in the workplace 30 May 20181 Jun 2018 The national crisis of the misuse of and addiction to opioids echoes in the workplace every day. A National Safety Council (NSC) poll, estimates that over one-quarter of the U.S.…
Uncategorized OSHA watch 21 May 20186 May 2018 Enforcement of the Beryllium Standard begins May 11 Enforcement of the final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium in general, construction, and shipyard industries begins on May 11, 2018. Local…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Report: why employers are getting wellbeing wrong 18 May 20186 May 2018 A new report from the Campbell Institute, A Systems Approach to Worker Health and Wellbeing indicates not all employers are getting worker wellbeing right, and it could be affecting the…
Uncategorized Work-related injuries can increase a company’s healthcare costs through underreporting and on-going care 11 May 20186 May 2018 Two new studies came to a troubling finding: the usual method of studying reported injuries using workers' comp records may underestimate the true number of injuries due to underreporting and…
