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Workplace Wellness Programs: Are They Really Worth the Investment?

Insperity

Lower health insurance premiums? Promoting wellness as a way to contain rising costs of healthcare has been researched extensively, but the verdict remains unclear. Ask your vending machine company to add healthy foods. What’s in it for companies that devote time and money into health management programs? Cost containment.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 3)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses healthcare’s focus on back end treatment rather than front end treatment: treating the symptoms rather than the causes of the health condition. Unfortunately, healthcare belief and opinion rather than science seem to rule too much of healthcare today.

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

Insperity

The FFCRA: Provides federally mandated emergency paid sick leave Expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and provides emergency provisions for coverage and eligibility Expands unemployment insurance benefits Provides employer tax credits to qualifying employers for certain costs related to the implementation of this law.

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Workplace wellness programs: Worth the investment?

Insperity

Lower health insurance premiums? Research over the years has offered conflicting reports on whether wellness programs actually reduce insurance and workers’ compensation claims. Ask your vending machine company to add healthy foods. What’s in it for companies that devote time and money to workplace wellness programs?

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5 Strategies for Recruiting in a Post-Pandemic World

Vantage Circle

Whether that means improved sick leave policies, more comprehensive healthcare coverage, or other benefits related to people’s well-being, there are a number of ways you can cater to potential hires and promise them a good life and career. Health insurance. Dental insurance. Dental insurance. Vision insurance.

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2024 Well Workplace Award Winners 

WELCOA

Platinum Level Award Winners SECURA Insurance Companies Medifast Inc. Garver NASCAR Polk County Government School District of Sun Prairie Area Higginbotham Insurance Agency Inc. County of Milwaukee CentraState Healthcare System City of Doral Bexar County Fiserv, Inc. Woodman’s Food Market, Inc.

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‘We are somewhat invisible’: Why home care work is so hard—and so critical

Work Life

It might come as little surprise that working in retail or fast food ranks as one of the most common jobs in the U.S. Between the low pay and limited benefits, home care agencies have struggled to retain workers, especially as fast food and retail jobs have grown more appealing due to minimum wage increases. And it’s still that way.”