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In most organizations, over 50% of the total healthcare costs are due to presenteeism - lost productivity due to a health related issue. In this session, we’ll explore the compelling case for employee health and well-being as a strategic business imperative for employee engagement and sustainable competitive advantage. We’ll examine: 1) The spiraling costs of poor health to individuals and organizations and the demographic trends driving the increase 2) The importance of nurturing the whole person for optimal performance and personal fulfillment 3) The Diamond Model of Integrated Health which identifies the 10 key areas necessary for well-being in mind, body, and spirit In this era of global competition, organizations need every person functioning at his or her best. When team members are healthy and well, the result is reduced benefits costs, increased innovation, retention of top talent, and a winning culture where people are well, so they do well.

Employers have offered wellness incentive programs for a number of years. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the potential for these programs in order to encourage healthy choices and reduce health care costs. Wellness incentive programs give participants rewards for meeting certain health-related goals, such as losing weight, flu shots or meeting health requirements. HIPAA 1996 limited rewards available to participants. ACA legislation increases those awards and affects both individual and group health plan participants. Our ACA Wellness Incentives webinar will provide information on: • Two types for wellness programs • Five wellness requirements • Examples • Gray areas • Action plan Employers may be able to curtail the rising health care costs when they offer wellness incentives. Register now to learn if your wellness program is in compliance, what changes to make and what you need to do for 2014 and beyond.

Many employers reduced their workforces to remain viable during the recession. As a result, they required high productivity and performance of their employees. Now employers need to retain their key contributors who possess important intellectual capital while attracting new talent to the organization to remain competitive as the job market provides more opportunities. Horizons Workforce Consulting, a division of Bright Horizons, in collaboration with Dr. Russell Matthews, from Bowling Green State University, completed a study in 2013 to demonstrate the impact on these critical business outcomes when employers provide child and elder care supports to their employees. Data will be shared regarding the impact of these supports on recruitment, retention, productivity, engagement, return to work after family leave, and well-being. Case studies will also be shared to bring the data to life.

In the Workplace Wellness Program Best Practices session we focus on global benchmarked workplace wellness programs as they are evaluated against the ten most important best practices. It addresses international trends that incorporate program design, strategy development, organizational change, program management and the evaluation of employee health, wellness and productivity outcomes. Based on real workplace wellness program case studies we address mission critical aspects that contribute to the success of any employee health promotion program. We share what thriving organizations do to develop, implement and manage their workplace health and wellness programs so that sustainable stakeholder value and triple bottom line results are created.

Become an Executive Priority by Thinking Strategically and Proving HR's Leadership Relevance! Understand Executive Priorities, Design Organizational Initiatives that solve business issues, and produce metrics to measure program efficiency! The time is now for Human Resources to take the organizational driver's seat and guide strategic change. In this session we will arm you with the ability to articulate board room speak on the issues that genuinely matter to your employees. HR is the voice of the organization and your Executives are ready to listen. So what about your employees? The workforce is looking for engaging technology, fresh program branding, rewards that matter, and Global consistency. Commoditized employee rewards programs are a waste of valuable organizational funds....it's time to stop thinking about program budgets and start thinking about driving revenue!

HR professionals reduce healthcare costs and employee stress when they inform employees of the value of planning for unforeseen crisis and selecting plans that cover long-term care. HR professionals reduce health care costs, absenteeism, and decrease productivity when they inform employees about the value of having medication list for themselves and those they care for. Preplanning and preparing necessary documents for Physician Visits, Nursing Home Entrance, or Private Home Care reduces health care costs for individuals and organizations associated with major medical decisions. HR professionals gain a competitive advantage by providing information that helps employees and organizations make wise healthcare choices. This webinar focuses on topics that guide HR professionals on making smart health care plan options for the organization. Further, the webinar gives HR professionals the timely information to help employees make the best decisions for themselves and their families.

Workplace grief costs U.S. businesses billions of dollars a year in reduced productivity and increased errors and accidents, yet the word grief rarely shows up in reports. In The Hidden Annual Cost of Grief in America’s Workplace 2003 report, the keyword in the title of this report is the word "hidden." It is just that factor that has caused the problem to escalate to now unimaginable proportions and it is the essential reason that it is getting worse rather than better. In this presentation we will address the definition of grief, the grief/workplace connection, the cost of "presenteeism" to corporations and we will discover how managers and other employees can support coworkers who have experienced personal loss.