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Event:
National Employee Health and Fitness
Day
Date:
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Always recognized on the
third Wednesday in May, National Employee Health and Fitness Day celebrates
the importance of a healthy workplace. The Small Business Wellness Initiative
encourages employers to promote health and fitness in the workplace.
The benefits of employee wellness have a positive impact on the bottom
line of your business. After all, healthy employees help build wealthy
companies.
The Bottom Line
Benefits for Worksites:
- Enhanced recruitment and retention of healthy employees
- Improved health care costs
- Decreased rates of illness and injuries
- Reduced employee
absenteeism
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Benefits for Employees:
- Lower levels of stress
- Increased well-being and self-esteem
- Improved physical fitness
- Increased stamina
- Potential weight reduction
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Ways to Promote National Employee Health and Fitness Day
Whether your company has 5 or 500 employees, there are many ways you
can promote National Employee Health and Fitness Day. Your company
can:
- Host a health brown bag or lunch ‘n learn workshop
- Offer a stress management training or workshop
- Sponsor free health screenings (i.e. high blood pressure, cholesterol,
glucose)
- Promote health and fitness in your employee newsletters or check stubs
- Collaborate with community organizations to offer health programs or services
- Implement a workplace wellness or exercise program
- Provide and promote an employee assistance program (EAP)
- Host an on-site wellness or health fair
- Offer smoking cessation programs to employees
- Support healthy choices through catering at meetings and vending
machines
- Contact us for additional ideas,
free workplace resources or
to schedule a
workplace wellness program.
Other National Employee Health and Fitness Day Resources:
Get Active America!
http://www.getactiveamerica.net/
CDC’s Tips for Being More Active
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/life/tips.htm
Healthier US.Gov
http://healthierus.gov
Small Step.Gov
http://www.smallstep.gov
WELCOA Free Resources
http://www.welcoa.org/freeresources
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