Workplace Wellness: The Key to Higher Productivity and Lower Health Costs

Using an easy–to–follow, case–study format, this text offers proven programs that can help reduce workers′ compensation costs, lower absenteeism, and boost morale and productivity. By providing practical information on nutrition, stress management, weight loss, smoking cessation, and substance abuse programs, it puts forth an aggressive management model that shows the reader how to head off potential risky behavior, subsequent health problems, and high insurance claims in the workplace.

Spis treści:
The Cost of Illness.
The Wellness Director––Qualifications and Duties.
Developing a Wellness Policy.
The Wellness Budget.
Developing a Fitness Program.
Smoking Cessation and Substance Abuse Programs.
Weight Management and Nutrition Education.
Stress Management.
Prenatal Wellness, Childcare, and Elder Care.
Hiring, Physical Examination, and Claims Management.
Insurance Options.
Ergonomics.
Employee Incentive and Recognition.
Appendices.
Resources.
References.
Index.