Employee Wellness Workshop Lets You Do It Yourself

Jan. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- Employers are increasingly adopting wellness programs beyond those provided by their health insurers, citing lack of customization and poor transparency among top concerns.  Companies wanting to start their own wellness programs need to attend the Wellness Boot Camp provided by Benchmark Wellness, based in Honolulu.  Benchmark is now offering its half-day Wellness Boot Camp, an employee wellness program training workshop, on Friday, January 28th in Chandler Arizona.  For Human Resources professionals, this workshop is pre-approved by the HRCI for 3.5 credits.

Register here: http://www.benchmarkwellness.com

Industry studies show that poor diet, excess body weight, and inactivity considerably increases the unproductive time of employees to the tune of over $2,000 per employee per year.  While it is difficult for individual employers to accurately quantify loss of productivity, it is possible to expose bottom-line pain due to employee overweight and obesity, the #1 cause of productivity loss.  In the U.S., employees who are overweight cost employers an average of $170 for each pound they are overweight.  Benchmark Wellness, based in Honolulu, says it is indeed possible for employers to accurately quantify lost profits due to poor employee health, if the right data is accessible.  Benchmark Wellness will show you how.    

In this workshop companies can learn:

- 8 Steps to developing a successful wellness program
- How to determine exactly which employee health issues are costing the most
- Techniques for building wellness participation
- Critical things to include in evaluation reports
- How to ensure HIPAA compliance as well as a host of other federal laws and regulations

Attendees will also receive ready-to-use tools for wellness program implementation.

The guest speaker will be Kristina Bignoli, Employee Wellness Coordinator for the Chandler Regional Medical Center.  Ms. Bignoli will share her organization's wellness strategies and best practices, as well as answer specific questions about her program's success.

Friday, January 29, 2011 from 9:00 - 12:30.
Cost to attend: $239.  Includes light breakfast, workbook and tools CD
Pre-approved for 3.5 HR recertification credits by the HRCI (PHR, SPHR, GPHR)

Who should attend:
Human Resources professionals, wellness coordinators, organizational managers, benefits brokers and anyone charged with bringing innovative wellness solutions to their organizations.

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Benchmark Wellness helps employers across the U.S. to define, develop and sustain their own Best-Places-to-Work style wellness programs.

For over eight years, Benchmark Wellness has been helping companies build and sustain their own wellness programs that are theirs to keep. This type of company ownership is what makes wellness programs successful well beyond a positive return on investment. We provide innovative tools, training, evaluation services, and on-demand, real-time program metrics.

Benchmark works with employers who are ready to break away from low participation rates and embrace wellness programs that are customized to add business value and are sensitive to the culture of the organization. We provide evidence-based program design cool wellness tools, program administration, on-site and regional training workshops, and business health audits.