Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Workplace Fitness

I always knew this would catch on:


"In 2013, about 2,000 companies offered their employees fitness trackers, according to technology research company Gartner. In 2014, this rose to around 10,000.
By 2016, the firm predicts that most large companies - those with more than 500 employees - in both the US and Western Europe will offer fitness trackers with their programmes."

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{"A lot of companies view [these schemes] as giving them a competitive advantage," says Ryan Martin, wearable technology analyst at 451 Research.}
{"They can improve overall employee wellness through data collection. They're not just making workplaces better, but decreasing unplanned leaves of absence."}

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Work and Fitness

A healthy lifestyle impacts every part of your day-to-day work environment. 

Losing weight or quitting smoking can save you big bucks on health insurance premiums and even land you a flat-panel TV.


Today the average American’s health insurance payments fluctuate once a year. Imagine if that rate changed each day, determined in part by a sensor-rich gadget on the wrist. Sound far fetched?

If you’re sitting down while reading this, you might want to stand up and pace the room. The next wave of wearables has nothing to do with tech upgrades. This time, it’s about insurance companies that want you to be more active.

Providing health-insurance benefits is key to employee retention, but rising costs can make this a challenge for small-business owners. Here are six options that may be able to help keep costs down.

One day soon, your company could hand you a fitness-tracking device as a gift.