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As health care costs skyrocket, small business owners are increasingly concerned about the impact they're likely to have on company profits. Employee illness, chronic poor health, low job satisfaction, and high turnover lead to lower productivity and contribute heavily to lost company earnings.
Healthy Employees, Healthy Business draws on the expertise of an advisory board of doctors, lawyers, benefits specialists, workplace wellness planners and other experts to offer struggling small business owners and managers like you the essential advice you need to implement a low-cost or even free wellness program for your employees.
Clear, concise and filled with success stories from other workplaces, you'll get the tools you need to start your wellness program immediately, resulting in increased productivity and potentially lower health insurance costs. Find out how to:
evaluate and target your workplace's main health concerns
develop fun, effective activities to improve employee health
boost morale through mutual support and competition
lower workplace stress
leverage community resources for minimal financial investment
From simply changing the snacks in the vending machines to ensuring that ill employees have access to treatment, you'll get practical advice in Healthy Employees, Healthy Business that will help even the smallest business save money and enjoy a dynamic, energized and productive workforce. Plus, you'll get helpful forms and interviews with expert advisers on CD. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Ilona Bray J.D. | | Paperback:
| 350 pages | | Publisher:
| NOLO | | Publication Date:
| October 12, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Stay healthy, stay productiveDec 24, 2009
By Joanna Daneman
Right now, there is a huge debate on how to cut the high cost of health insurance. One way employers are seeking to help reduce costs is by assisting employees to stay healthy. Healthy people are more productive, have fewer sick days and cost less for insurance. It's a win-win. No one likes being sick. There are simple things to do, outlined in this book, to promote wellness and some of the ideas don't even cost a great deal.
This book goes over some of the aspects of wellness (drinkers are often out Mondays and Fridays, people with minor illnesses take off rainy days.) There are a lot of interesting facts, such as a discussion of "presentee-ism" which is when people show up to work sick instead of staying home with an infectious illness. If there is an epidemic of flu, an employer concerned about wellness might consider making it clear that staying home when sick is better for the company and YOUR job than struggling in and making the entire department ill.
There are discussions of obesity and how to set up supportive programs to encourage employees to get fit. Even changing the vending machines to provide healthy foods. I think this is all helpful information--I can remember one employer who had their cafeteria reclassified as "factory" from "office" by their large corporate contracting department, and the people working there complained their soup and salad selections had been replaced by greasy burgers. This kind of awareness of how the employer fits into overall health is something that any managerial staff should take note of. There are also ideas for small businesses, who are definitely more affected if employee health and efficiency suffers. Great book, full of ideas to promote wellness and productivity.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Wow! Highly recommended.Dec 12, 2009
By Just Me
This book is great for anyone involved in "workplace wellness", whether out of humanitarian reasons, or in an effort to improve productivity. Nolo has many very good books, and more than their share of truly great ones (and they employ many of the workplace wellness practices mentioned in this book, so there may be a tie in there). This is one of Nolo's great ones. Very thorough, both in breadth and depth. Covers why businesses should promote employee wellness -- in a nutshell, healthy employees who are not overstressed are more productive and have fewer sick days (whether they are actually sick or not). Delightfully well written as well. Who would have thought that a book on employee wellness would actually be enjoyable, rather than just informative, to read?
Although it says the book was written by Ilona Bray, please note that there were many advisors, including Dr. Kenneth Pelletizer (clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona and the University of California School of Medicine); Dr. Albert Ray (Physician Director for Patient Education & Health Promotion at Kaiser Permanente), Rae Lee Olson (principal with Vita Benefits Group, an employee benefits brokerage & consulting firm), and many others.
The chapters are:
1) Why You Need a Healthy Workplace
2) Strategies for a Successful Wellness Program
3) Making It Real: Worksite Evaluation & Program Launch
4) Prevention & Early Detection
5) Healthy Eating & Nutrition
6) Fitness & Exercise
7) Lowering Stress Levels
8) Working Without Tobacco
9) Helping the Addicted Worker
10) Reducing Obesity
11) Dealing With Chronic Illness
12) Choosing Health Benefits
13) Drafting Workplace Policies That Promote Health
This book gives such great coverage of how to actually go about starting and running a workplace wellness program that you will feel prepared to do so. It is not one of those books that tries to convince you to do something and then leaves you unprepared to actually do it. The author(s) have great psychological insights, and guide you into being a true leader toward wellness for your workplace. This book teaches you not just what to do, but HOW to make it happen.
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Good start for encouraging and promoting workplace wellnessDec 31, 2009
By Alain B. Burrese
"Author, Speaker, Mediator, Attorney"
"Healthy Employees, Healthy Business: Easy, Affordable Ways to Promote Workplace Wellness" by Ilona Bray and a team of experts is a good book that may go unnoticed by many businesses. In these difficult economic times for many, starting a wellness program may not be on the forefront of many corporate and business leader's thoughts. However, as pointed out in the first chapter, "Why You Need a Healthy Workplace," the incorporation of wellness programs and the encouragement and assistance with keeping employees healthy can significantly increase the bottom line. The statistics in the book claim that most companies have a positive return on the investment of instituting wellness programs. The book claims that only a small minority of companies fail to break even and that's often because their initial investment of time and money was too low.
The book then goes on with chapters on strategies for a successful wellness program; worksite evaluations and program launches; prevention and early detection to help employees stay well; very basics on healthy eating, nutrition, fitness and exercise; suggestions for lowering stress levels, working without tobacco, helping an addicted worker, reducing obesity, dealing with chronic illnesses, choosing health benefits, and finally drafting workplace policies that promote health.
The book also contains a CD-ROM that includes forms such as Wellness Plan Worksheet, Wellness Program Interest Survey, Treatment Center Evaluation Form, a Food and Exercise Diary among a few others. Additionally, there are the audio MP3 files on Why Create a Wellness Program, Wellness Program Incentives, and Wellness Program - Walking.
Much of the information on health in this book can be found in greater detail in books specifically on the subject, but the short chapters here do provide the basics in a context of creating a wellness program for a work environment. Each chapter was advised by an expert in the field so the advice is sound and accurate.
Like many Nolo books, there are many sidebars and boxes that provide additional resources on topics as well as success stories from business owners. The credentials of the advising experts are also listed at the beginning of each chapter.
Health and fitness are extremely important and I'm a firm believer that preventing disease and keeping oneself fit will not only help people enjoy their lives more, but be happier and more productive workers. Not to mention the lower cost of healthcare for medical problems that are preventable by living a healthier lifestyle. I applaud businesses that take an interest in helping their employees become healthier by implementing wellness programs. I think Bray's book "Healthy Employees, Healthy Business" can assist many businesses with encouraging employees to be healthier and starting programs to educate and assist them with their efforts.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author of a regular column on negotiation for The Montana Lawyer.
It was worth the purchaseAug 30, 2011
By D. Kelly
This book wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I guess I was hoping for a bunch of neat wellness ideas to add to a wellness program and innovative ways to motivate employees to make healthier lifestyle changes. The book had more on the legal aspects of wellness and insurance - which was definitely helpful because it was things I hadn't considered - but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. Overall, it was a useful book and I learned a thing or two.
Another great NOLO bookNov 24, 2010
By Tell It Like It Is
"music lover"
Provides background necessary to understand this arcane field as well as the nuts and bolts of how to make it happen. This book is all pre-Obamacare so this information has a limited shelf life. If you are a small business owner, and desire to provide these benefits to your employees, you should read this book.
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