Editor’s Note

​​​​​​​As the focus on employee health and well-being is increasing, corporate wellness programs are gradually becoming the order of the day. A healthy and happy employee is a productive employee. It is evident that employee’s health affects more than just medical costs. Hence, employers have a tremendous opportunity and an important role to play to set the tone for the employees to adopt a healthier lifestyle and work-life balance.  

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Time For A Checkup

Is your organization struggling to strengthen employee satisfaction and engagement? These are important components to a company’s success, and many businesses specifically design reward programs to encourage both. But while you may offer reward programs to employees for professional achievements or meeting sales goals, you could be missing the opportunity to better engage them through wellness program sponsorship.

Gain More Breathing Space

In this day and age, where sales managers have so many items competing for their time and attention, it’s vital to re-think our routines occasionally to gain new perspectives and more effective ways to spend our time. Here are some ways you can alter your routines and in the process make better use of your time: 

Top 5 Benefits Outsourcing Myths Debunked

What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘outsourcing’? Employee layoffs? Questionable customer service? A generic overall experience?   There are many misconceptions and a lot of negativity surrounding outsourcing, most of which stem from a pure lack of understanding about how outsourcing actually works. Don’t let negative perceptions get in the way of making the decision that’s best for your organization!

4 Best Practices For Retirement Plan Fiduciaries

A person who helps the management with a retirement plan could be considered a fiduciary under federal law. Fiduciaries have significant legal duties and may have personal liability for breaching those duties.   Below are four best practices that can help retirement plan fiduciaries to fulfill their duties and avoid costly breaches:

How Not To Give Up On Addiction In The Workplace

​​​​​​​It is estimated that drug and alcohol misuse costs our nation upwards of $600 billion annually, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). And according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 70 percent of Americans with addictions are employed.

Integrating Employee Wellness Management With Good Corporate Governance Practices

Corporate governance has become an issue of global importance and is set to intensify even further as organizations across the world are called to report upon their financial and non-financial performances. The public’s response to corporate governance scandals and numerous collapses of organizations on a worldwide basis has highlighted the need to satisfy a broad spectrum of governance measures, moreover to understand the effects that poor corporate governance has across the entire supply chain.

Should Employees Be Paid For Wellness Activities?

Over the past fifteen years, wellness programs have generated more than their fair share of litigation and regulatory scrutiny – primarily over the issue of whether they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A related compliance issue that has attracted relatively little attention from courts and regulators is whether, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees must be paid for time spent participating in wellness-related activities. This question was addressed in an Opinion Letter (FLSA2018-20) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division on August 28, 2018.