{"id":309,"date":"2012-03-19T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=309"},"modified":"2012-05-22T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T18:44:03","slug":"a-healthy-staff-may-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/03\/19\/a-healthy-staff-may-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"A Healthy Staff may Save You Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small<br \/>\nbusiness owners who invest in wellness programs may see monetary<br \/>\nbenefits as well as a more productive staff. Research suggests that for<br \/>\nevery $1 spent on worksite health promotion programs, a company can see<br \/>\nan <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1109561696964&amp;s=1970&amp;e=001xOkzIj6njvcyXyupEvV-a68QLeaEof4EvBdW7SJMJnfxMBSN81ltyb3Rit4qZlaJTM2M0ryC7rrKHX08jyrvQ3yIJOfjIG7MWJluIrNCI9Sk3ZI8CABXC_Zob_XpKAv7PqF_lPBvhuAWONBg7KcGfOcLUhOc-ZA4\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">average of $2.43<\/a> in savings related to fewer sick days and health care costs. The savings also include the added benefits of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improve morale<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improve communication among work groups<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Decrease absenteeism<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Increase employee loyalty to your organization<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Significantly impact a company&#8217;s bottom line<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce alcohol and drug use risk factors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wellness programs<br \/>\ndo not mean hiring a boot camp trainer or investing in expensive gym<br \/>\nequipment. Many programs offer ideas as easy as: <\/p>\n<p><em>Offering healthy alternatives in your vending machines,<\/em><br \/><em>Educating your staff on fast-food facts and<br \/>Offering pedometers with a competition. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reach outside your<br \/>\nbusiness and maybe start or join other small businesses with teams<br \/>\ncreate more of a teamwork environment that extends into the office.<br \/>\nThink beyond baseball and golf &#8211; very popular but there is so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to do<br \/>\nsome research and possibly outsource a wellness program trainer.<br \/>\nEmployers should be aware that wellness programs need to follow federal<br \/>\nand state laws in terms of reasonable accommodation, privacy,<br \/>\nconfidentiality of personal health information, and protection of<br \/>\noff-duty conduct.  To get your started on your research:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1109561696964&amp;s=1970&amp;e=001xOkzIj6njvdAxHAsyzYp_F6n2Yxo7jDfaeaa9hSbwG2plmaA1cAKYJwqkn745DaLcJTRwwm75yFq2u2hEla4QY8vp6qsvW_xKQKEsDuGwszvTWWYpMlFllvjtGzKNjaDvqaufe-Yq4rcdpckXGTnDzwsVEo1ubLw32JZTJB6hrLxsGSSpGG2LT0IMMcdq5RHcurJ6LvcRSEA_I57fAjZlg==\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">How to Build a Wellness Program INC Magazine<br \/>Employee Wellness Programs &#8211; Intuit<br \/>Promoting Health in Small Businesses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small business owners who invest in wellness programs may see monetary benefits as well as a more productive staff. Research suggests that for every $1 spent on worksite health promotion programs, a company can see an average of $2.43 in savings related to fewer sick days and health care costs. The savings also include the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-management","category-financial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1909,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}