Wellness

Employers increasingly realize that by taking a proactive interest in their employees’ health and by investing a little time and money into wellness programs, they can actually help prevent or offset rising costs and reduce losses. Here is a look at some catching wellness trends.

Trying to develop a better work-life balance for employees? Consider taking a cue from any of the top 25 companies rated best for work and life balance, which include Nestlé Purina Petcare in the number one spot, Morningstar, Intuit and Southwest Airlines.

With cuts to health benefits plans, employers are looking for ways to add value to employees. And one way to do that is by offering more voluntary benefits.

Assurant Employee Benefits is promoting its new “FastTrack Return-to-Work Solutions” program as a tool insurance companies can use to improve its claim triage and return-to-work programs.

After a rash of suicides by workers last year, Apple product factory Foxconn in Chengdu, China has allegedly begun requiring workers to sign pledges promising not to commit suicide.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that employees ages 45 to 64 will make up a full third of the workforce by next year. Along with job responsibilities, many in this age group also juggle family care-giving responsibilities.

Alabama residents who've been eating too much fried chicken or too many loaded burgers at their favorite restaurants may be out of luck if they want to file lawsuits against the businesses for making them fat.

I think it’s easy for us to forget that HR is often the single most important touchstone for the average American worker when it comes to either medical or retirement advice.