Learn Best Practices for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (INDIANAPOLIS) — As study after study has shown, in today’s workforce it’s imperative for employers to create a healthy work environment for their employees and cultivate positive outcomes for them. This not only includes building a safer physical work environment but also creating a stigma-free workplace culture. A new [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The physical and financial pains of COVID-19 are evident. What may be less clear are some of the mental health impacts. The 2020 Indiana Wellness Summit is raising awareness of employee mental health and will provide organizations with best practices for the challenges their workforce may be facing at this time. The summit – held as a [...]
Feeling isolated and inactive amid the COVID-19 pandemic? You’re not alone. But there are ways to lift your spirits … and your heart rate. The Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI) offers several tips for staying active at home. WCI guides Hoosier organizations through the development, implementation and evaluation of their own comprehensive and sustainable workplace well-being efforts. The question [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Hoosier employers looking to implement recovery programs to assist their employees or qualified applicants battling addiction now have access to an award-winning model recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor. This new partnership with Centerstone, a mental health and addiction treatment services provider, is the next step in offerings for Indiana Workforce Recovery, the initiative formed two years [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – More employers are recognizing the important role they can play in assisting their workers who are battling drug dependency and misuse. That’s the message from Indiana Workforce Recovery, a partnership between the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI) and Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration to combat the state’s drug and opioid epidemic. Perhaps the most [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Nineteen organizations from across the state have qualified for AchieveWELL certification from the Wellness Council of Indiana, a subsidiary of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. These companies were honored this week at the 2019 Indiana Wellness Summit in downtown Indianapolis. The designation is open to organizations that work toward creating a corporate culture that encourages and supports employee health through worksite [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — South Bend area businesses have an opportunity to help their employees deal with substance misuse and learn prevention methods by attending a free program September 11. The session will also include legal guidance as well as optional naloxone training from the Indiana State Department of Health on how and when to use the opioid overdose reversal drug. [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — New resources, including important state workforce recovery guidelines and a supporting video toolkit to assist in their implementation, are now available for Indiana employers dealing with drug use in the workplace. In addition, a new statewide survey finds many employers underestimating the impact on their own organizations and are not seeking tools that will help them deal [...]
Every body is different. Not everybody, but every single body. Which means we all gain and lose weight differently. What works for my friend might not work for me in terms of weight loss, gain or general health. But what if you could find out exactly how your body is composed and then be given the tools and guidance [...]
