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Health And Wellness
Promoting employee health and wellness and providing benefits can result in employees being absent less and more productive.
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Family Leave And Sick Leave |
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Find out how you must abide by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides time off for qualifying workers with newborns or family medical situations. Employees are eligible if they have worked for a covered employer for at least one year, for 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months, and if there are at least 50 employees within 75 miles. Employees may use personal sick leave to care for children under 18 who have health conditions requiring supervision or treatment. |
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General Health Information |
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The National Institutes of Health provides information on many health issues in an easy-to-use navigation method, including healthy lifestyles, specific afflictions, age- and gender-specific populations, "where it hurts" on the body, and more. |
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HealthFinder |
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Get the latest information on health-related topics, such as AIDS, cancer, depression, and links to libraries, medical dictionaries, and other web tools. |
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MedlinePlus: Access To The National Library Of Medicine |
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MedlinePlus provides the public with access to the information, data, and other resources of the National Library of Medicine—the world's largest medical library. There is extensive information on over 700 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily. |
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Physical Activity And Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General |
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The first report by the Surgeon General to address physical activity and health. It summarizes the existing literature on the role of physical activity in preventing disease and on the status of interventions to increase physical activity. Primarily focused on disease prevention, topics include physical activity (walking, bicycling) and resistence exercise (weigh training). |
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Toll-Free Numbers For Health Information |
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A list of toll-free numbers of organizations that provide health-related information, education, and support. These organizations DO NOT diagnose or recommend treatment for any disease. Some of the organizations use recorded messages; others provide personalized counseling and referrals. Most offer educational materials; some charge handling fees. |
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Women's Health Information |
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The National Women's Health Information Center offers comprehensive information on health issues that are specific to women, including pregnancy, heart disease, cancer, and more. Information is provided in english, spanish, and chinese. |
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Workplaces For Commuters |
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To reduce stress levels, improve employee productivity and retention, and generally provide a healthy workplace, employers are encouraged to offer their employees an outstanding level of commuter benefits. |
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Alcoholism |
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. |
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Alcohol And Drug Information |
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Access to several databases containing information on alcohol and drug use, prevention and treatment, marketing, state needs assessments, and more. |
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Drug Free Workplace |
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In the year 2000 in the United States, 71 percent of all drug users over the age of 18 were employed either full or part-time; that's more than 10 million workers. The Department of Labor offers tools and information for combating alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace. |
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Depression |
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Depression can be a serious medical illness. Understand depression and how it can affect your employees and your business, learn how to detect its symptoms, and discover available sources for treatment and assistance. |
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HIV And AIDS |
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Many businesses have been impacted by HIV and AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working in partnership with businesses and labor unions, trade associations, public health departments, AIDS service organizations, and government agencies to promote the development of comprehensive workplace HIV/AIDS programs. |
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Pesticide Safety Program |
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This program strives to protect workers performing hand labor operations in fields treated with pesticides, workers in or on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses, and pesticide handlers who mix, load, apply, or otherwise handle pesticides. |
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Stress |
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Get a better understanding of the effects of stress in the modern workplace and ways to reduce it. |
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