Holistic Workplace Wellness

A survey of 2,010 privately insured adults showed that individuals using an HDHP had higher incomes and more education than those enrolled in more traditional health coverage, are more engaged with their plans, and have many characteristics associated with greater financial stability.

Leadership support has long been believed to be a critical and low-cost driver of engagement in employee wellness programs. Although this concept is widely known and understood, it is nice to have some data to back it up. A new report from HERO and Mercer does just that.

Despite the recent performance in the stock market and talks of a looming recession, Americans are less focused on their finances. According to the New Year’s Resolution Study, fewer Americans are troubled about financial issues like stagnant wages and job security than they were in 2017.

According to the 2018 State of Remote Work, loneliness is the biggest struggle when it comes to working remotely. Employers should be aware of the problem and start implementing policies to address them before they have unwell employees or any other number of issues that may result from loneliness.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. According to a new statement, all adults, including pregnant women, should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use by their primary care physicians.

Many employers across the world are finalizing budgets for the coming year, and for some human resource professionals, this includes justifying the investment in employee wellness programs. Fortunately, a new research may provide some data to help bolster the case for these types of programs.

Two weeks ago, more than 20,000 Google employees staged a walkout in protest to the how the company chose to pay millions of dollars in exit packages to male executives accused of misconduct while staying silent about the transgressions. Now, Google and Facebook are dropping their forced arbitration.

While the idea that mental and emotional well-being are adversely impacted by social media use is not new, existing research is limited in that the surveys and correlative studies are at best suggestive. A new experimental study links social media use to worse emotional states and vice versa.

Employers are beginning to slow enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and, in some cases, reinstate more traditional plans. This is likely the result of the tightening labor market that provides employees more leverage over pay and benefits.