Comments on: Building Health and Wellness Programs That Everyone Can Join https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/building-health-and-wellness-programs-that-everyone-can-join.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 08 Jul 2017 11:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/building-health-and-wellness-programs-that-everyone-can-join.html#comment-207232 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:12:31 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3792#comment-207232 Employer requires response to health questionnaire accessed through a third-party portal in order to access approximately $600/year of added income. Employees are assured this is HIPPA compliant. Required questions for females include: are you pregnant? height and weight to calculate BMI, Do you have fair skin? Do you have blue, green or hazel eyes, Have you had blood pressure check within last 2 years, etc. Other questions to which answers are not required include: Do you take at least an 81mg dose of aspirin every day? Have you had a tubal ligation? Did you have your first menstrual cycle younger than 15 years old? etc. And, if you accidentally answer a non required question, the survey does not allow you to unmark it. A significant number of employees have indicated the questionnaire is intrusive and have decided to forego the additional $600/year. Comments?

]]> By: AntoniaB https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/building-health-and-wellness-programs-that-everyone-can-join.html#comment-206928 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:40:35 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3792#comment-206928 The new Capitol Hill Kaiser Premanente center makes it really hard to find the stairs and then use them – some are security so you end up having to go back to the lobby.

They then have the helpful suggestion on their monitors to use the stairs more … . Sounds like the architect isn’t on the same page.

]]> By: Janell https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/building-health-and-wellness-programs-that-everyone-can-join.html#comment-206880 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:33:40 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3792#comment-206880 We are a small company of 17 people. We started our first Wellness Benefit last year. It is very simple. We will reimburse up to $100 per year for the registration costs for fitness events and activities. This way each employee can choose the activity they want to do.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/building-health-and-wellness-programs-that-everyone-can-join.html#comment-206877 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:56:26 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3792#comment-206877 I sincerely appreciate this approach. Our workplace encourages wellness by having the on-site nurse send out frequent emails on various health topics, sponsoring an (on-the-clock) Weight Watchers group, having a “biggest [weight] loser contest, sponsoring various sports (softball, etc.) teams and fielding teams in local fitness and charity walks, 5Ks, etc., providing flu and pneumonia shots, having an on-site blood-pressure machine and scale in a break area, encouraging lunch-hour walking groups, etc. Everyone starts at their own unique place — in terms of wellness — and everyone should be encouraged to live as healthily as possible.

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