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, ...

Without a master plan or major investment, Harold Jackson, the CEO of Colorado-based medical equipment company Buffalo Supply, established a wellness program for his 18 employees. About five years ago ...

A proposal is simply a convincing argument in support of an idea. Therefore, a proposal to start an employee wellness program in the workplace must convince management that the idea is a good one that ...

Managers are expected to protect their teams from the strain of heavy workloads and resulting stress while simultaneously absorbing much of the same pressure themselves.

Companies looking to manage their overall spending on employee health care and reduce the amount of productivity lost due to employee absences often institute employee wellness programs to promote ...

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 ...

Leaders must ask themselves if they are building a benefits architecture for the future or clinging to a model that is ...

Houston workers who checked the fine print said they weren’t sure whether they were joining an employee wellness program or a marketing scheme. Last fall the city of Houston required employees to tell ...

Companies have long embraced workplace wellness programs as a way to improve workers’ health and reduce overall medical spending, but a new study may prompt employers to rethink those efforts. The ...