Employee Wellness Programs in the Context of an Emerging Epidemic of Lifestyle Diseases: What Works and What Doesn&t?

The proposed “Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act” states that the collection of information about the manifested disease or disorder of a family member shall not be considered an unlawful acquisition of genetic information. The bill recognizes employee privacy protections that are already in place and includes specific language relating to nondiscrimination based on illness. Why did legislation expressly intending to “preserve wellness programs” generate such antipathy about wellness among journalists? This article argues that those who are committed to preserving employee wellness must be equally committed to preserving employee privacy. Related to this, we should better parse between discussions and rules about commonplace health screenings versus much less common genetic testing.

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The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs: A Randomized Controlled Trial

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.586-6.5 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Bethany Maylone ◽

Katherine Baicker

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Wellness Programs ◽

Employee Wellness ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Employee Wellness Programs ◽

The Impact

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Employee perceptions of wellness programs in the hospitality industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management ◽

10.1108/ijchm-12-2020-1417 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Susan Varga ◽

Trishna G. Mistry ◽

Faizan Ali ◽

Cihan Cobanoglu

Keyword(s):

Organizational Support ◽

Hospitality Industry ◽

Wellness Programs ◽

Employee Perceptions ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Employee Wellness ◽

Content Type ◽

Employee Wellness Programs

Purpose This study aims to examine the impacts of employee wellness programs on employee and organizational outcomes in the hospitality industry. Design/methodology/approach A survey was distributed on Amazon Mechanical Turk, targeting hospitality employees who have access to employee wellness programs. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques were used. Findings Employee perceptions of wellness programs significantly impacted turnover intention, job stress (JS) and perceived organizational support (POS). POS had a significant mediating effect between employee perceptions of wellness programs and JS. Employee perceptions of wellness programs did not have a significant effect on emotional labor. Originality/value Employee wellness programs are often recommended to human resource managers, but there is little empirical evidence of their effects, particularly for hospitality industry employees. This study investigates the actual employee outcomes of employer-sponsored wellness programs.

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