Companies spend $60B on wellness while burnout costs $8.8T. Research shows organizational redesign outperforms meditation apps — yet employers keep buying bandages.
The American College of Surgeons recently announced its new well-being initiative for surgeons. This wellness program has lofty goals: [The ACS] recognizes the need to foster well-being, resilience, ...
Have you or a loved one turned down a chance to go out with family or friends because of fear of falling? Has someone cut down on a favorite activity to avoid falling? These questions and others ...
A company will only be as successful as the vitality of their employees. This all sounds wonderful, especially if you’re Google where throwing large chunks of money into wellness programs is ...
Perhaps the most popular fad at large today in the employee health benefit world is the “wellness” program. We wrote last month about how some big employers may be using these programs--which include ...
In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, business leaders focused primarily on keeping operations afloat during lockdowns and social distancing initiatives. Now, months into the pandemic, ...
I wouldn't dream of finding fault with many typical wellness offerings: Quit-smoking programs, on-site gyms, more appealing cafeteria salads. Good for worker, good for employer, everybody's happy. But ...
Harvey Spevak, Equinox's executive chairman, said demand for "Optimize" memberships highlights the "insatiable" demand by the wealthy for wellness offerings.
As health care costs have increased, employers have scrambled to find creative ways to help employees pay for benefits without decreasing their net paychecks or paying an employer contribution to ...
Workplace wellness programs aren't a novel concept. Johnson & Johnson launched their program in 1979. And in 2017, the Workplace Health in America survey found that almost 50% of US employers offer ...
The Dancer Wellness Program, a founding affiliate of the Dancer Wellness Project, is a program designed to assist dancers, dance educators, and medical care practitioners who interface with dancers.