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Companies Offering Workers Money for Dieting

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Would money make you lose weight? Many employers are betting they can pay you to lose weight. At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways. Take OhioHealth for instance, a hospital chain whose workforce [...]

45% of food-service workers smoke

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

The workers who are most likely to smoke are in the food-service industry, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Out of all U.S. full-time employees ages 18 to 64, more than 33.6 million (28% of the total) smoked cigarettes in the past month. Almost 45% of food-service workers [...]

Office Massages Keep Workers Healthier

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

With the economy tanking, even some big corporations are trying to save money. One way they are doing it is by hiring massage therapists to come to their businesses and give employees massages at or near their workstations. This increases productivity and relieves stress, therefore its better for the company and the worker. It makes [...]