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Your Workplace Wellness Companion | |
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Why You Need a Healthy Workplace | |
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Health Concerns: What Do They Cost Your Business? | |
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Four Reasons Why a Wellness Program Can Help Your Bottom Line | |
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Keeping Your Wellness Program Affordable | |
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Will Your Investment Pay Off? | |
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Strategies for a Successful Workplace Wellness Program | |
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Deciding Who Your Program Is For | |
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Deciding What Scale Program to Aim For | |
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Deciding What Health Issues and Behaviors Your Program Will Address | |
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Creating a Program for Total Health | |
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Ingredient #T. Health Screenings | |
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Ingredient #2: Health Education, Information, and Self-Help Tools | |
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Ingredient #3: Organized Activities | |
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Ingredient #4: Individual Follow-Up and Treatment | |
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Ingredient #5: Incentives and Rewards | |
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Ingredient #6: Supportive Workplace Environment | |
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Should You Invite the Employee's Family to Join? | |
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Avoiding Legal Troubles | |
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Think Twice Before Penalizing Unhealthy Employees With Higher Benefit Contributions | |
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Can You Fire Someone Based on Wellness Program Participation or Results? | |
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Paying Taxes on Cash or Gift Incentives | |
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Being Consistent and Fair | |
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Keeping Employee Health Information Private | |
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Protecting Your Company Against Lawsuits for Employee Injuries | |
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Worksite Evaluation and Wellness Team Creation | |
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Assessing Your Employees' Interests | |
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Assembling Your Team | |
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Choose the Right Leader. | |
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Make Good Use of the HR Department | |
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Round Up a Committee of Helpers | |
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Bring in Outside Workplace Wellness Professionals | |
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Encourage Employees to Initiate Wellness Projects | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Launching and Evaluating Your Wellness Program | |
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Marketing the Program to Your Employees | |
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Starting With a Bang | |
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Making Participation Easy and Accessible | |
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Creating a Fun Atmosphere | |
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Arranging Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and Other Health Screenings | |
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Charting Your Wellness Program's Progress and Achievements | |
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Disease Prevention and Early Detection | |
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How Early Detection Measures Keep Workers Healthy. | |
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Colds and Flu: How Common Illnesses Impact the Workplace | |
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How to Help Employees Stay Well | |
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It's Not Nice to Share Germs: Behind-the-Scenes Measures | |
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Healthy Eating and Nutrition | |
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The Connection: Poor Nutrition Equals Poor Health | |
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Promoting Good Nutrition in Your Workplace | |
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Fitness and Exercise | |
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The Connection: Inactivity and Poor Health | |
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Promoting Fitness and Exercise in Your Workplace | |
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Lowering Stress Levels | |
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The Connection: How Stress Impacts Worker Health and Productivity | |
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Reducing Stress in Your Workplace | |
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Working Without Tobacco | |
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The Connection: Smoking Equals Worse Health and Lower Productivity | |
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Is That Ash in My Coffee? Smoking and Customer Relations | |
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How a Workplace Wellness Program Can Help | |
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Helping the Addicted Worker | |
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The Connection: How Addiction and Substance Abuse Affects the Workplace | |
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Education: Getting the Facts About Addiction | |
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Individual Treatment: Helping Addicts Get Help | |
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Creating a Supportive Workplace Environment for Recovery | |
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Reducing Obesity | |
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The Connection: Obesity and Health Problems | |
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Combating Obesity With Your Workplace Wellness Program | |
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Dealing With Chronic Illnesses | |
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The Connection: How Chronic Illness Lowers Worker Productivity | |
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What You Should Know Before Getting Involved | |
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Promoting Healthy Responses to Chronic Conditions | |
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Choosing Health Benefits | |
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The Menu, Please: Health Coverage Options | |
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One Size Doesn't Fit All: Choosing Health Plans | |
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Helping Employees Get the Most From Their Coverage | |
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Setting Up Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts | |
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Drafting Workplace Policies That Promote Health | |
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The Purpose of Written Policies | |
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Drafting a Basic Wellness Policy | |
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Policies Relating to Smoking | |
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Policies Relating to Drugs and Alcohol | |
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Telecommuting and Flexible Schedules | |
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Time-Off Policies | |
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Pets at Work Policy | |
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A Appendix: Using the Interactive Forms | |
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Editing RTFs | |
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List of Forms and Podcasts | |
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Wellness Plan Worksheet | |
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Wellness Program Waiver and Release of Liability | |
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Wellness Program Interest Survey | |
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Wellness Program Announcement Letter | |
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Wellness Program Newsletter Announcement | |
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Your Wellness Program's Baseline Data | |
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Treatment Center Evaluation Form | |
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Food and Exercise Diary | |
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Why Create a Wellness Program? | |
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Wellness Program Incentives | |
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Wellness Program-Walking | |
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Index | |