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The health-and-wellness program at Gilbane Inc. – Gilbane Cares – aims to inspire and motivate employees to take responsibility for their own safety and health.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12 |
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At Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, staffers can apply for reimbursement checks for bicycle repairs, yoga lessons and health-club memberships. And soon, other workers in the state could be enjoying the same benefits, because the health-plan provider is advising clients to adopt a similar wellness program.
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By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12 |
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At this year’s summer cookout, Sea Corp employees noticed how the company’s wellness program prompted many to make healthy food choices.
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By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12 |
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For the past three years, Lifespan, the state’s largest health care-services provider, has stressed one thing to its employees: know your numbers. It has nothing to do with sales, output or operating costs, but refers to an attitude that the company states is part of its DNA: health.
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By Michael Persson |
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Welcome to Providence Business News’ inaugural Healthiest Employers program special section. In these pages you will find out a little about some of the state’s most enlightened companies, ones that take the needs of the employees very seriously, and as a result, deliver better products and services to their customers.
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By Mark S. Murphy |
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In its second-quarter report, Providence-based United Natural Foods Inc. included testimonials from two company associates. The topic of discussion? The company’s 3-year-old “Body and Mind Wellness” program.
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By Michael Persson |
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The images from the 1970s and ’80s of Japan’s car workers standing en masse exercising at the start of their workday are vivid reminders symbolizing the pinnacle of a nation’s economic might and attitude toward employee health and productivity.
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By Michael Persson |
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On the walking track outside its corporate headquarters on Royal Little Drive in Providence, employees of AAA Southern New England can frequently be seen engaging in the company’s latest wellness challenge – a walking event – in which more than 725 of the firm’s 1,500 employees are participating. Pedometers, so they can measure their progress, are provided through UnitedHealthcare of New England, the self-insured company’s partner in its wellness program. The goal is have employees take 10,000 steps a day.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12 |
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If you need proof that workplace wellness programs are effective, just take a look at the numbers collected at Fellowship Health Resources Inc.
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By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12 |
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Empowering workers to manage their own path to health and wellness is an avenue employers have begun to emphasize.
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By Alli-Michelle Conti |