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A Message from Preston – August
Unless you live at the polar ice caps, or possibly in a meat locker, you have most likely been subjected to what is now shaping up to be one of the more intense summers this country has seen in some time. Now maybe this isn’t an issue if your employer client base is predominantly businesses…
Can an Employer Really Drop Employee Benefits?
It’s no secret employers and employees alike are anxious about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Timelines, decision trees, minimum benefit requirements, enough new paper notices to destroy an entire rain forest—you name it, there is quite a bit out there that employers are faced to deal with. Employees, on the other hand, are getting inundated…
Wellness Program Offers Great Resources
One of the great tools available to CBWA agents is the WellEvents Library. This tool provides turnkey, fun and engaging wellness population programming. One of the population programs is called “weight gain, no way!” This program is designed to reward employees for just staying the same weight and tracking their weight. IF they lose more,…
Air-Conditioning the Workplace: What are the Rules?
Do some of your employees work in hot conditions? If those workers have heart conditions, they may be entitled to air conditioning as a “reasonable accommodation” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) … Case In Point: Charles Gribben worked as a UPS driver in Phoenix where he transferred trucks to various locations. He had…
Don’t Leave Children in a Hot Car
It seems like a no-brainer: Don’t lock your children inside hot cars and leave them there. Yet, in the last 10 years, more than 300 children have died from heat after being left in an unattended car and child safety advocates want parents to understand the dangers. Right now, only 11 states have laws…
Government Reports
It seems like every time you open a newspaper or magazine, there’s another “government report” staring you in the face, where people with a wall full of degrees and a seemingly unlimited budget get to pontificate on what’s good for all of us. Some of these reports we construe as fact (The Surgeon General’s report…
Randy Boss: A Response to the RAND report
Congress mandated analysis of wellness programs as part of the Affordable Care Act and the results were released a few days ago by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services. Some headlines read ‘Workplace Wellness’ fails bottom line. Those who do not support wellness efforts said I told you…
A Wellness Case Study
For Toni Shibayama, SPHR, CBWA, and a partner at SK Financial of Southern CA. the call came from the HR Department of a 600 employee Southern California Social Club, who stated the club wanted to enhance their focus on their strongest asset, their employees and their members. Take care of your people. They will take…
CBWA Trainings Set for August and September
The first step in earning the CBWA designation is partaking in a 2 day certification institute, with the next ones being held August 12-13 in Philadelphia, PA and September 9-10 in Atlanta, GA. The 2 day institute is an intense, enlightening–and exciting–journey through the 5 steps of benefits risk management. This institute is designed to lay…
Are smoking restrictions on the job creating more health problems?
As more and more workplaces restrict smoking among its employees, have these restrictions led to an increase in smokeless tobacco use among US workers. Smokeless tobacco exposure increases the risk of oral cavity, esophageal and pancreatic cancers, and stroke. The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use decreased from 1987-2000, except among men 25-44. While smokeless tobacco use…