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Wellness Fact: Recruiting is stressful
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Workplace Stress Results in Unhealthy Behavior
 The Stroke in Business report, from the Stroke Association, highlights the high levels of stress felt in
UK industries. The report identified the recruitment sector as the most stressful
working environment in the UK, with 82% of recruitment consultants
regularly feeling stressed at work followed closely by the legal profession (78%), education (73%), marketing (71%) and health workers (70%).
What's more, and probably no surprise, stressed workers often cope with stress in unhealthy ways such as drinking (34%), smoking (23%), comfort eating (43%) and even the taking of recreational drugs (4%).
Are American Workers 'Stressed Out', Too?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) cites various statistics regarding stress:
- 40% of workers reported their job was very or extremely stressful;
- 25% view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives;
- 75% of employees believe that workers have more on-the-job stress than a generation ago;
- 29% of workers felt quite a bit or extremely stressed at work;
- 26% of workers said they were "often or very often burned out or stressed by their work";
- Job stress is more strongly associated with health complaints than financial or family problems.
Smoking and diet/inactivity top the list of actual causes of death in the United States. If we share anything with our neighbors across the pond then
high stress industries might benefit from considering strategic ways to encourage stressed out workers to cope in healthier ways.
Too much stress not only hurts productivity, the wages of poor health
behavior can aggravate symptoms related to disease and reduce
employees' and their families' quality of life.
Encouraging Healthier Coping Skills
Due to market pressure, or even the nature of the work, some workplace stress may be unavoidable. Employers who wish to retain solid performers and avoid burnout, should aggressively promote programs that help stressed out workers find healthier outlets for coping with stress.
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Healthy Workplace: Case Study
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Co-workers bond as they get healthy together
Comprised of six west coast offices, law firm Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
was singled out as a "West Coast litigation powerhouse" by Chambers
USA's "America's Leading Lawyers for Business." Unfortunately, many of
the factors driving successful legal services firms are the same ones that lead to high health care costs.
In partnership with their benefits broker, Bullivant sought
assistance in assessing, planning, designing and rolling out a
strategic wellness program that was tailored to the diverse, inclusive
culture at the firm. As expected, Recess delivered just that in a fun and effective teams-based approach, which encouraged deep employee engagement in healthy lifestyle programs.
A year later, the program has created an impressive ground swell
among employees. And, Recess has since rolled out wellness programs at
each of Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's six sites.
Employee comments:
 "I loved to see coworkers getting enthused about wellness and seeing the changes in what people were fixing for themselves for
lunch in the lunchroom."
 "I really enjoyed the stretching class. Not only did it help me meet
and briefly socialize with co-workers I otherwise would not have, it
also was a great way to de-stress and come back to my desk ready to
tackle my work."
 "I enjoy doing some of the stretching exercises at my desk, and find I have fewer uncomfortable days (and nights). I am much more aware of what I'm eating and feeding my family."
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The Executive: Full Service Wellness Package
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Change culture. Change health. Change lives.
Recess' full service program gives you everything you would expect
from a science-based corporate wellness program, but with that added
extra mile we go to drive participation and make it fun and easy for
employees, including:
- Custom corporate wellness program development and strategy.
- Employee population health risk analysis.
- Health Risk Assessement roll-out and interpretation.
- Start tracking return on investment (ROI) data from day one. Metrics document defined and created up front.
- Corporate wellness team start-up, coaching and development.
- We help you set-up and track your custom wellness program using deep integration.
We coordinate with: EAP, disease management programs, health care
providers, benefits broker, recruitment and human resources.
- Design and rollout of custom health intervention campaigns.
- Monthly or quarterly management updates and data review.
- An expert Recess consultant at the table during health plan renewal.
- "Recess Approved Fun Workplace" seal on your recruitment site.
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| Cover The Uninsured Day: Portland, OR
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September 23, 2008 from 11 am - 7 pm
Pioneer Courthouse Square.
In the United States, 46 million people are without health insurance. Census Bureau data show that 574,556 people are uninsured in our state of Oregon. That's 15.9% of the population. Join us on September 23, 2008 to help raise awareness of the issue of the uninsured.
Recess will be heading up wellness and prevention tables and seminars at the event for no cost to participants. Encourage employees or community members to come to see one or all of the following presentations:
10 a.m. Attack of the 2,000 Calorie Burrito!
How two foods that look very much alike can be very different for your health.
 11 a.m. Bike Commuting 101. Bicycling can be fun, safe and good for your whole family. It saves money, too (no car payments, gas, or insurance). Come learn how to get started. See some really cool bikes that can fit your entire family.
12 p.m. How to Eat Healthy On A Budget. Find out ways to make healthy and delicious choices for your entire family that won't break the bank.
1 p.m. Bike Commuting 101. See description above.
2 p.m. Introduction to Family Yoga. Outside India, the term yoga is typically associated with Hatha Yoga and its asanas (postures), or, as a form of exercise. Yoga and stretching classes are all the rage these days, but what exactly is all the hype about? Family yoga is a great way to teach your children healthy habits and to bond. Bring your kids and enjoy this class that will introduce you and your children to some fun yoga poses you can easily do at home.
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