When sitting on the sidelines, it’s rather hard to earn yourself a penalty. In the corporate wellness arena on the other hand, not playing and sitting on the sidelines could actually result in penalties of a different sort—financial ones.
For the past few years we’ve seen employers take more aggressive approaches to wellness, including offering incentives [...]
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In the summer of 1976, ABC television premiered a game show that became an international hit still watched today. It was called Family Feud and it challenged opposing families to guess the most popular answers to survey questions.
Although it was all in good fun, those surveys revealed a lot about American perceptions and culture. We [...]
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A few years ago a major manufacturing company realized that it was ‘breaking up’ with employees regularly. They weren’t firing the employees per se, and they didn’t have a traditional employee retention problem either. They were a great company hiring great candidates – candidates that looked perfect on paper and had solid-gold references. But the [...]
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Cigarette companies make a significant profit from the sale of products that harm consumers and escalate health care costs. Unfortunately, the way the new “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” is crafted, cigarette manufacturers will not have to remove any of the toxic ingredients that are currently in cigarettes. There will nothing safer about a cigarette.
I want to depart from my usual blogging focus and speak to something a little closer to home. Although I am sure that what I am about to describe is not uncommon in many states due to the financial emergency, Illinois’ financial crisis has reached a critical stage.
In Illinois, there is a threat of significant [...]
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In March, I wrote a blog titled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch or EAP.” Well, this is my follow up. And why do I feel the need for a follow up? It’s simple. Because there are so many indirect costs associated with “free” employee assistance programs (EAPs) – and they can be [...]
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