Central Illinois Human Resource Group

PO Box 7291, Champaign, IL 61826-7291

http://cihrg.shrm.org/Contact

Barbwleklinski@yahoo.com

About the Program

INFORMATION FOR

EMPLOYERS

| The Business Case

Health care costs account for a rising share of resources that could be devoted to more productive uses, including wages, capital expenditures, and business operations.

The best way to control health care costs is to improve employees' health and decrease their risk of developing chronic diseases. Workplace health helps you increase productivity, lower absenteeism, control premiums, and reduce worker compensation claims.

We can help your organization build an effective worksite health program that fits your

| Training Model

Training to build knowledge and skills will be delivered to you through a hands-on model. Employers participate in an interactive workshop that provides content through a variety of approaches, including lectures and case studies. Employers can send up to two participants to the training.

| Eligibility Work@HealthTM is open to public and private employers. It is designed to provide resources and assistance to employers of various sizes, geographic locales, and industries. The program is free.

Participants must:

• Have 20 or more employees.

• Have been in operation for at least one full year.

• Offer health insurance benefits to employees.

• Complete the CDC Worksite Health Scorecard.

| Application and Selection Employers interested in becoming participants in the Work@HealthTM

program should contact Barb Wleklinski (contact info on reverse side). More information regarding the Work@HealthTM program can be found at:

www.cdc.gov/workathealth

Benefit to Employers • Professional training to learn

how to establish a customized worksite health intervention plan.

• Assessment to define existing needs, interests, and capacity for specific interventions.

• Community support needed to build and sustain your program.

• Opportunities to network with other employers and organizations.

• A safer and healthier work This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Brochure created 7-2-14.

Work@HealthTM is a comprehensive worksite wellness training program designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The program helps employers develop a skill set and capacity to build or enhance a science-based workplace health program. The training is more than sitting in a class, listening to an instructor. You will build a peer support network and receive on-going support from your trainer.

| Program Goals Increase employers’ level of knowledge and awareness of workplace health program concepts as well as to provide tools and resources to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective workplace health interventions.

Increase the number of science-based workplace health programs, policies, and practices at worksites, and increase employee access to participate.

Promote community-based