Wellness

A new conscience and religious-freedom division within the Health and Human Services Department is being launched to aid doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in refusing to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal judge Tuesday that the court does not have the power to force the agency to comply with any deadline, or direct the agency to adopt any new rules in the first place.

Theres still serious, growing concern that workplace wellness apps could violate privacy rules around users health dataa risk that in-house teams can help mitigate.

About 40 employers have trained more than 1,300 people over the last two years in mental health first aid, a relatively new kind of training that is designed to give ordinary people tools to help someone in need.

While wellness programs have value when it comes to building company culture, employee engagement and teamwork, companies need to do more than hand out Fitbits if they want to move the needle on health-care costs.

Stress factors in a job include travel required, growth potential, deadlines, competition in the field and physical demands.