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Why employee wellness matters – and how it’s good for business

Insperity

Availability of healthy food and opportunities to exercise, such as taking walks. The business case for employee wellness Your business should prioritize employee wellness if leadership cares about: Reducing healthcare claims and containing benefits costs (particularly health insurance).

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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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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

But it’s also about access to food, safe and reliable transportation, and other basic resources. As a journalist—much like how Robert Whitaker’s journalism led to Mad in America—I was curious about why, in a healthcare system that’s continually expanding with more medications, people are still feeling so sick.

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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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