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Time to integrate health & safety

It’s good for your employees & your bottom line

October 1, 2016

A growing body of evidence supports the underlying concept that focusing on the health and safety of your workforce is good for the employees as well as your bottom line.

Total Worker Health™ integrates on- and off-the-job safety & health

Maureen Paraventi

October 1, 2015

Launched in 2011, Total Worker Health™ (TWH) is an ambitious initiative by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to address health and safety holistically by eliminating the on-the-job, off-the-job division that has long existed between the two.

Bradley Corp recognized among the healthiest employers in Milwaukee

September 25, 2015

Bradley Corp., 95-year-old manufacturer of industry-leading commercial plumbing and washroom solutions, has been named among the 2015 winners of the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Healthiest Employers Awards.

Program to reduce work-family conflict pays for itself

Workplace intervention shows return on investment for employers

September 14, 2015

An effective program to reduce work-family conflict (WFC) leads to reduced turnover and other cost savings for employers, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Through the eyes of the executive

Leadership summit discusses combining health protection (safety) with health promotion (well-being)

August 29, 2014

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), in collaboration with the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at the University of California, Berkeley, sponsored a two-day Leadership Roundtable on June 20-21, 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.

Face-to-face connections lead to employee engagement

Brian Galonek

June 7, 2013

This article will focus on the first pillar — employee engagement — a fundamental necessity without which safety improvements are difficult at best and a good safety culture is virtually impossible.

The safe, skilled, ready workforce initiative from NIOSH

NIOSH wants young, new workers to have core safety competencies

April 5, 2013

Business and civic leaders, the labor community, economists, and educators are talking about the future of the American workforce. As the saying goes, the future begins now. News stories abound about the “skills gap”—in nursing, manufacturing, engineering, computer technology and other fields—that require postsecondary technical education and training.

Why wellness in the workplace matters

Dr. Joseph Mercola

March 20, 2013

Regardless of company size, reducing health insurance costs has become the highest priority for most companies in the U.S., as employee health care costs continue to outpace inflation and earnings growth

VHA’s success with coach potatoes

Dr. Ebi Awosika

September 12, 2012

How can we help keep employees from becoming office potatoes?

Employers look to expand onsite health centers

But how do you determine the ROI?

August 15, 2012

As pressure remains strong to keep workers healthy, productive and on the job, a significant number of U.S. employers with onsite health centers are planning to expand the scope of services offered