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Trailblazer AwardThe Business Challenge
According to The American Institute of Stress, “workplace stress costs the nation more than $300 billion dollars each year in health-care, missed work, and the stress-reduction industry that has grown up to soothe workers and to keep production high,” reports the New York Times. Stress in the workplace causes 40 percent of employee turnover according to Information Education Management Resolution. And The American The Harvard Business Review states that although absenteeism due to workplace stress and resulting health issues is an increasing issue for the business bottom line, ‘presenteeism’ may cause an even greater problem. ‘Presenteeism’ suggests a bigger threat to productivity – sick workers who show up at work but are not fully functioning. US companies may lose $150 billion dollars annually because of presenteeism, according to estimates. As health-care costs are rising to an all time high and showing no promise of decrease employers are looking to new and creative solutions to support the health and wellness of today’s workforce as a means of sustaining a healthy business bottom line. The Solution
Employers, with the support of healthcare experts, are seeking to find cost-effective solutions to respond to the challenge of increased health care costs and decreased workplace productivity. The solutions address both physical and mental wellness and include pooling healthcare benefits among employers, engaging EAP services, providing on-site health care facilities, offering stress management seminars and developing in-house, team oriented programs such as body challenges and recreational sports. Health and Wellness Trailblazer Award Description
The Health and Wellness Trailblazer is given to an employer that demonstrates exemplary commitment to the overall health and wellness of its workforce. To earn the ‘Health and Wellness’ Trailblazer an employer must prove commitment to health and wellness in both the physical and mental wellness categories. Each of these categories requires a demonstration of the specific policies and practices offered to the workforce, ranging from stress prevention seminars and EAP services to on-site health facilities and body challenges. Health and Wellness Trailblazer Award Process
Health & Wellness Project Objective In an effort to support the Greater Washington, D.C. Area Business community in addressing these challenges, the 1. Educate employers about the financial benefits associated with creating healthy workplaces. 2. Recognize employers for their innovative practices and their commitment and support to the health and well being of their workforce. 3. Offer tools and services to assist employers in building healthy work environments. Corporate health and wellness programs are a solution to rising healthcare costs that directly impact today’s employers and employees alike. The project includes a Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award, an annual award ceremony in conjunction with the existing “Workplace Excellence” recognition event, networking opportunities among Health & Wellness and “Workplace Excellence” award-winners, and educational workshops. Consideration for the Health and Wellness Trailblazer Award Employers are encouraged to complete a comprehensive application as a means of determining an employer’s commitment to its workforce’s health and wellness. The application has two major categories: (1) Physical Health (2) Mental Wellness. In order to be considered for the award, applicants must demonstrate an equal commitment to both categories. Application Assessment
The Corporate Advisory Council, consisting of local and national experts in physical health and mental wellness, reviews the applications and determines the winners based on an objective, statistically sound assessment process.
Recognition
The selected employers are publicly recognized during the annual ‘Workplace Excellence’ Award in front of an audience of over 700 Employers with an office presence in the state of An Independent Review Panel reviews the applications with the Director of the Independent Review Panel being responsible for overseeing the entire selection process. The Review Panel consists of business and organizational development professors and PhD students. A select number of employers are chosen for the ‘Workplace Excellence’ Seal of Approval. About Our Award Winners The 2007 ‘Workplace Excellence’ Seal of Approval Recipients represent over 1.3 million employees from small, medium and large, private, nonprofit and public sectors. 80% offer their employees mentoring programs; 92% offer child care resources; 88% offer elder care resources; 84% provide telework programs; and, 70% provide school to work initiatives. The data showed that all of the 2007 Health & Wellness Trailblazer award winners demonstrated strengths in similar areas, including: exemplary benefits and practices, committed resources, use of various assessment methods, numerous communication and promotion tools, and health and wellness assessments for employees. Award winners noticeably position workforce wellness as one of their core business strategies, and address physical emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth. Health promotion in the workplace is a critical tool, which can positively affect companies’ bottom lines and employees’ waistlines. 2007 ‘Workplace Excellence’ Seal Recipients AEPCO, Inc. American Diabetes Association American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Arbitron, Inc. BDO Seidman, LLP Booz Allen Hamilton Calvert CarMax Auto Superstores Chesapeake-Potomac Home Health Agency, Inc. Chevy Chase Bank Choice Hotels International Columbia MedCom Group Corporate Network Services, Inc. Credit Suisse Discovery Communications, Inc. Equals Three Communication Federal Realty Investment Trust Futron Corporation GenVec, Inc. Honest Tea Hughes Network Systems Human Genome Sciences KPMG Lockheed Martin Business Process Solutions Loiederman Soltesz Association, Inc. Macro International, Inc. Marriott International, Inc. MCT Federal Credit Union Mental Health Association of Mercantile Potomac Bank Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union NASD NIHFCU Post-Newsweek Media/The Gazette PTG International, Inc. Qiagen Randstad North SAIC- Frederick, Inc. Sandy Spring Bank Shady Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. Sybase, Inc. T.G.I. Friday’s Restaurants TerpSys The Humane Society of the The MITRE Corporation The Motley Fool Verizon Wireless YRCI 2007 Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award Winners American Speech-Language-Hearing Association CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Choice Hotels International Credit Suisse Discovery Communications, Inc. GenVec, Inc. Hughes Network Systems Shady TerpSys The MITRE Corporation Verizon Wireless
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