Workplace Wellness Programs Study

Workplace Wellness Programs Study
Author: Soeren Mattke
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780833080738

The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence and impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a literature review, a survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five employer case studies.

Rule the Rules of Workplace Wellness Programs

Rule the Rules of Workplace Wellness Programs
Author: Barbara J. Zabawa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2022-05-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781641058971

This updated edition covers health and workplace wellness, with a focus on helping professionals to develop logical and legal healthy wellness programs in the workplace.

The Tug

The Tug
Author: Barbara J. Zabawa
Publisher: Henschelhaus Publishing, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-03-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781595988218

Do you feel unfulfilled by your current job? Do you wonder if you were meant to be on another career path? Do you have a business idea but don't know where and how to start? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, this book is for you. "The Tug" will guide you through the early stages of entrepreneurship and beyond from the perspective of someone who has done it herself, helping you form and implement your business idea. Using the author's own easy-to-follow business concepts for product-based and service-based business, each of these steps is carefully illustrated:  Forming a legal entity (do you even need one?)  Conducting market research  Finding funding  Creating a prototype  Hiring help  Selling your product or service This book will inspire and empower you to move forward with your idea at your own pace and join the thriving community of entrepreneurs who are succeeding and achieving their goals.

Workplace Wellness that Works

Workplace Wellness that Works
Author: Laura Putnam
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119055725

A smarter framework for designing more effective workplace wellness programs Workplace Wellness That Works provides a fresh perspective on how to promote employee well-being in the workplace. In addressing the interconnectivity between wellness and organizational culture, this book shows you how to integrate wellness into your existing employee development strategy in more creative, humane, and effective ways. Based on the latest research and backed by real-world examples and case studies, this guide provides employers with the tools they need to start making a difference in their employees' health and happiness, and promoting an overall culture of well-being throughout the organization. You'll find concrete, actionable advice for tackling the massive obstacle of behavioral change, and learn how to design and implement an approach that can most benefit your organization. Promoting wellness is a good idea. Giving employees the inspiration and tools they need to make changes in their lifestyles is a great idea. But the billion-dollar question is: what do they want, what do they need, and how do we implement programs to help them without causing more harm than good? Workplace Wellness That Works shows you how to assess your organization's needs and craft a plan that actually benefits employees. Build an effective platform for well-being Empower employees to make better choices Design and deliver the strategy that your organization needs Drive quantifiable change through more creative implementation Today's worksite wellness industry represents a miasma of competing trends, making it nearly impossible to come away with tangible solutions for real-world implementation. Harnessing a broader learning and development framework, Workplace Wellness That Works skips the fads and shows you how to design a smarter strategy that truly makes a difference in employees' lives—and your company's bottom line.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2021 Edition

Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2021 Edition
Author: Dana Shilling
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 1890
Release: 2020-08-05
Genre: Labor laws and legislation
ISBN: 1543817866

The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law will help you navigate complex and potentially costly Human Resources issues. You'll know what to do (and what not to do) to avoid costly mistakes or oversights, confront HR problems - legally and effectively - and understand the rules. The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law offers fast, dependable, plain English legal guidance for HR-related situations from ADA accommodation, diversity training, and privacy issues to hiring and termination, employee benefit plans, compensation, and recordkeeping. It brings you the most up-to-date information as well as practical tips and checklists in a well-organized, easy-to-use resource.

Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2017 Edition

Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2017 Edition
Author: Shilling
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 1820
Release: 2016-10-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 145487127X

The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law will help you navigate complex and potentially costly Human Resources issues. You'll know what to do (and what not to do) to avoid costly mistakes or oversights, confront HR problems - legally and effectively - and understand the rules. The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law offers fast, dependable, plain English legal guidance for HR-related situations from ADA accommodation, diversity training, and privacy issues to hiring and termination, employee benefit plans, compensation, and recordkeeping. It brings you the most up-to-date information as well as practical tips and checklists in a well-organized, easy-to-use resource. The 2017 Edition provides new and expanded coverage of issues such as: The Supreme Court held in March 2016 that to prove damages in an Fair LaborStandards Act (FLSA) donning/doffing class action, an expert witness testimony could be admitted Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, 136 S. Ct. 1036 (2016). Executive Order 13706, signed on Labor Day 2015, takes effect in 2017. It requires federal contractors to allow employees to accrue at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work, and unused sick leave can be carried over from year to year. Mid-2016 DOL regulations make millions more white-collar employees eligible for overtime pay, by greatly increasing the salary threshold for the white-collar exemption. Updates on the PATH Act (Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes; Pub. L. No. 114-113. The DOL published the fiduciary rule in final form in April 2016, with full compliance scheduled for January 1, 2018. The rule makes it clear that brokers who are paid to offer guidance on retirement accounts and Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) are fiduciaries. In early 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it would allow charging parties to request copies of the employer s position statement in response to the charge. The Supreme Court ruled that, in constructive discharge timing requirements run from the date the employee gives notice of his or her resignation not the effective date of the resignation. Certiorari was granted to determine if the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts consideration of severing provisions for unconscionability. "