COMMERCE WELLNESS…“IT’S TIME!”

The State Employees Wellness Expo was Wednesday, November 18.

Effective February 1, 2008 the North Carolina Office of State Personnel OSP adopted a new Worksite Wellness Policy, which will impact all state employees within universities and agencies.  The Worksite Wellness initiatives shall address the primary components of a healthy lifestyle including healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco cessation and stress management. 

 It’s never too late to begin!

Take charge of your health today by participating in the programs and events provided through the Commerce Wellness “It’s Time” Program.  If you are a person who likes to motivate others, bring along co-workers to meetings then we all can work together to become healthy individuals.  A healthy employee is a productive employee.

MISSION STATEMENT

“Because employees spend 40 hours a week at work, it is important that the worksite be a healthy place.   It is the mission of the Commerce Worksite Wellness Committee to promote physical and mental well-being by increasing awareness and by implementing policies that support healthy choices for employees.”

Worksite Wellness Policy

Policy Memorandum

Committee Members

STATE HEALTH PLAN WELLNESS WORKSITE

FORMS

Standard Liability Release Form

How to Find and Work with a Qualified Wellness Program Vendor

 HEALTH & WELLNESS INFORMATION

Newsletter

EAT SMART MOVE MORE NC

 YMCA

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS

HEALTHY LIVING

STEPS TO A HEALTHIER YOU

PROGRAMS

 Weight Watchers at Work

 SMOKELESS TOBACCO    I Quit” Challenge…Tobacco-free workplaces benefit both the employees and the employer by increasing employee morale, increasing productivity and reduces medical costs.            www.quitnownc.org

 Let Go/The Stress…Stress is a naturally occurring reaction of your body to psychological or physical demands of the environment.  Stress reaction increases blood pressure, heart rate and respiration as well as other changes to major body systems.  Stress reaction can be positive or negative…..Positive Stress Reaction leads to increase performance, feeling of success and confidence and allows the body to return to the normal, non-stress state.   Negative stress or mismanaged stress keeps the physical reaction of the body turned on and does not let the body completely recover to the non-stress state.          www.nmha.org    

Flu Shots Clinics…..Shots will be administered through the HR/Benefits once a year.  For Registration visit the Commerce Intranet.

 Blood Drives…..Blood drives are held at in the DPI Bldg.   If you are interested in participating in a blood drive, an e-mail announcing time and place will be sent out through the year.

 NUTRITION CORNER

 Local Area Restaurants within Walking Distance

Nutrition Resources

Recipes

 BECOME A PART OF THE COMMERCE HEALTHY BUNCH!

Walking_Information

Healthful Activities

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