It’s safe to say that I’m not the only one who is on the hunt for the best workout products around seeing as how this is the start of a New Year and we are in the throes of New Year’s resolutions and all. Brett Powell designs workplace wellness programs for companies. He says one of the biggest problems is to get employees to take part.The most popular thing for companies to do is to offer financial incentives. For example, workers might save money on their health insurance if they get health counseling or promise not to smoke.Mr. Powell says financial incentives like these can get employees to do something once or twice. But he says they are not very effective at getting someone to make long-term changes in the way they live.
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he program is tailored specifically to the program and is designed to provide you with all the information that will help you reach your ultimate goal.But Mr. Kuczynski says there is a question that his agency has not fully answered. At what point do employees start to feel like they are being forced to join a wellness program?CHRIS KUCZYNSKI: "We have said, or the office I work for, the office of legal counsel, has said in some informal discussion letters, if you deny someone health insurance who doesn't participate in a wellness program, that's going too far."
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