The workplace can wreak havoc on employees' waistlines, finds a survey.
Apple’s new timepiece could make people healthier, reports Chatelaine.
Can being healthier actually make you perform better at work?
I remember my first summer job at a company that delivered bottled propane, oxygen and other volatile gases. It was the early 1980s, so, of course, employees were allowed to smoke in the office. Ashtrays littered the desks of those who couldn’t kick the habit.
As much as 70% of costs and 80% of the incidence of chronic disease are preventable (per The New England Journal of Medicineand the World Health Organization, respectively). So it makes sense for companies to invest in prevention to save avoidable employee suffering and business costs. Incentives motivate or encourage a person to take action, and research shows they can improve lifestyle behaviours.
Workplace stress contributes to at least 120,000 deaths each year and accounts for up to US$190 billion in healthcare costs in the United States.
Ask yourself, if your organization’s wellness program launched to unengaged employees, did it really launch at all?
Benefits Canada’s 2014 Mental Health Summit explores how employers can address these issues in a proactive, holistic way
The overall smoking rate in Canada in 2013 was 15%, the lowest national smoking rate ever recorded, finds the 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs Survey.
Get upstream of health risks and benefits costs by putting the employee first