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Tapping Into Spinal Health in the Workplace

Anne Patterson

25 Nov 201925 Nov 2019

Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think the benefits world would want to know more about. This month, we tapped into musculoskeletal […]

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How Vaping is Changing Workplace Policies

Anne Patterson

21 Nov 201919 Nov 2019

While it is standard practice to prohibit smoking in the workplace, what are employers doing about vaping in the workplace? According to the World Health Organization, the number of vapers around the world has increased from about seven million in 2011 to […]

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Fighting the Stigma Around Mental Health

Anne Patterson

17 Oct 201920 Nov 2019

Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think our listeners want to know more about. World Mental Health Day was observed on October 10, so […]

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Six Easy Ways to Promote Mental Health Year-Round

rebeccae

10 Oct 201910 Oct 2019

Today is World Mental Health Day and my inbox and social media feeds are full of quotes, messages and articles about the importance of recognizing and treating mental health disorders. But just like the pesky cold virus, mental illness doesn’t ever take […]

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Organizations Report Mental Health Offerings on the Rise

Anne Patterson

08 Oct 201907 Oct 2019

Mental health benefit offerings are on the rise, according to Workplace Wellness Trends, a new report released today from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Over the past several years, there has been a noticeable increase in the share of organizations […]

Top 7 Questions Employers Are Asking About the Flu at Work

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20 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Wellness Vendor

Teri Dougherty, CEBS

05 Sep 201922 Sep 2020

Most agree that healthier employees are happier, more productive and have fewer medical costs! The challenge, according to Jason Elliot, author of the article, Validate Wellness Vendors With a Data-Driven Approach, (Benefits Magazine, August 2019), is “every worker population is unique” and […]

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One-Size-Fits-One Workplace Wellness

Staff

28 Aug 201927 Aug 2019

I was part of our organization’s wellness committee in the late ’90s. We were passionate about bringing our own approaches to healthy living to all of our co-workers through creative programs. But there was a problem—Our workplace wellness strategy, one that focused […]

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Is Your Workplace Wellness Program Multiculturally Competent?

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

08 Aug 201925 May 2021

In her article “Creating a Multiculturally Competent Worksite Wellness Program: The Why and the How” in the June issue of Benefits Magazine, author Linda Howard explains that multicultural competency is a core ingredient in a program’s ability to reach employees suffering from […]

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Four Employee Benefits Crucial to Maintaining Employee Mental Health

Lois Gleason, CEBS

17 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

Most employers want to support the mental health of their employees. In a previous blog post, I offered suggestions for cultivating a respectful culture that destigmatizes mental illness and helps employees perform to their full potential. In this post, I discuss four […]

Wellness

Tapping Into Spinal Health in the Workplace

How Vaping is Changing Workplace Policies

Fighting the Stigma Around Mental Health

Six Easy Ways to Promote Mental Health Year-Round

Organizations Report Mental Health Offerings on the Rise

Top 7 Questions Employers Are Asking About the Flu at Work

20 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Wellness Vendor

One-Size-Fits-One Workplace Wellness

Is Your Workplace Wellness Program Multiculturally Competent?

Four Employee Benefits Crucial to Maintaining Employee Mental Health