National Employee Health and Fitness Day is May 19. This website from the National Association for Health and Fitness has lots of ideas for employers.
Recently, in a meeting, we talked about employee health and wellness. As just one idea, several of us discussed what we could do to discourage our employees from smoking. We came up with everything from scheduling smoking cessation classes on site at 4 p.m. to providing vouchers for employees to attend sessions elsewhere. We're also checking to see if stop-smoking aids are deductible health expenses from employee Flex Spending Accounts.
About.com focuses resources on smoking cessation. Terry Martin's Quit Smoking / Smoking Cessation site offers the latest working advice for smoking cessation and her Forum is one massive support group for people who quit smoking.
At my company, we decided that we didn't want to play Big Brother and ban smoking in the office park and outside of our buildings, but we recognize the need for a solid Smoke-free Workplace Policy.
You might also want to take the Adult Fitness test offered by The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In conjunction with National Employee Health and Fitness Day, one client company launched a pedometer challenge. Teams of employees walked and every employee who completed 100,000 steps during the month received a voucher for a new pair of walking shoes and a chance to win a prize in a drawing. The challenge was fun, it emphasized team building, and reinforced a fit lifestyle for employees. So, plan something special for your employees starting May 19.
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Fitness is so important, in the long run, it will actually lower your cost of health insurance to your employees and raise work performance because they will feel better mentally.