Break the Office Sugar Habit

Health experts say walking 10,000 steps a day, or about five miles, can dramatically cut the risk for life threatening diseases such as Type 2 diabetes or obesity, which can help your company save money on lost productivity and rising healthcare costs.
Encourage employees to incorporate these “steps” into their regular routine at work by tacking up posters, setting out tabletop reminders, or sending an e-mail with the following tips:
1. Use stairs instead of elevators.
2. After eating lunch, walk for the balance of your break.
3. … read more »

You may not realize it, but lifestyle choices made by your employees can really impact your company’s bottom line.
Life threatening conditions like obesity, diabetes, and cancer can lead to lost productivity, and rising medical costs.
The good news is that these diseases may be prevented with a healthy (and smoke free!) diet and exercise program.

To know more about these conditions and how they may hinder your bottom line, check out the cost calculators below:
Smoking. Unfortunately, about one in two American men and one out of three American women will have some … read more »

Are your employees in need of a little flex time?
Workers who have more control over their schedules and workdays saw improvements in both mental and physical health, according to a recent study by UK researchers.
Here’s the scoop: Situations that gave the employee more control over scheduling showed positive effects on health, particularly with regard to sleep, blood pressure, and mental health.
Based on this research, flex time could save your company money on healthcare costs related to insomnia, depression, and other illnesses.
While flex time may be positive, the researchers also found … read more »

According to the 2009 edition of the National Safety Council’s Injury Facts, U.S. workers are actually safer on the job than in their homes or communities.
Take the time to remind employees that accidents do happen outside of work. And accidents can lead to injury, rising healthcare costs, and even death.
Last year, employers lost 75 million workdays resulting from workplace injuries, but lost more than 225 million days of production time due to off-the-job incidents.
Off-the-job injury is defined as an unintentional non-work-related injury to individuals employed on a full-time or part-time … read more »

It’s a scary statistic: About one in two American men and one out of three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime.
The emotional and physical pain of this life threatening disease affects family, friends, personal lives, and it also has a major impact on the workplace.
More than one third (36%) say that as a result of having cancer, they were unable to do their job as well as they could before, and one in five say having cancer had a negative impact on … read more »