Keeping a workplace healthy

Add comment November 27th, 2007

The Rockford Chamber of Commerce will host a seminar on creating a workplace wellness program, a strategy that employers are hurrying to adopt to combat rising health insurance premiums.

I’ve written a few stories, including this one, about a program that has proved rather effective at several local companies this year.

The chamber event will be part of its Breakfast Buzz series. The presentation “What Does It Take to Make a Workplace Well?” will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Woodward Technology Center at Rock Valley College, 3301 North Mulford Road, Rockford. The cost is $10 for chamber members and $20 for non-members and includes breakfast.

Among the presenters are Gary R. Wright of Benefit Planning Services Inc., Lynette Jacques of Destiny Health and Melissa Byrnes of the YMCA of the Rock River Valley. To register, visit this page at rockfordchamber.com or call 815-316-4319.

Getting to work

1 comment October 24th, 2007

This is my first post on what will be a blog about working, whether it’s in the cubicle, on the shop floor or in the car. My job is to talk about things that happen to us at our jobs, places to get jobs, job-related benefits and losing jobs.

Just hope I can get the job done. Feel free to comment with ideas, criticism and feedback.

–Nate Legue