Live Well Workplaces

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Live Well Allegheny is a county-wide campaign to improve the overall health and wellness of Allegheny County residents. The campaign aims to improve health and well-being of residents through collaborative work with partners, stakeholders, and residents. Live Well Allegheny connects communities, schools, workplaces, restaurants, and community partners in collective action to achieve our goal of making Allegheny County the healthiest county in the nation.

We recognize the leadership role that workplaces can play in promoting behavior changes and encouraging healthy lifestyles. There is increasing evidence that by adopting evidence-based practices, businesses will experience reduced employee absenteeism, increased employee productivity, reduced employer health costs, and increased employee job satisfaction. Together, we can assist each other and foster the sharing of best practices among all Allegheny County workplaces to improve the health of employees.

Check out www.livewellallegheny.com for more information!
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In order to be designated as a Live Well Workplace, the employer must first indicate its intent to work with Allegheny County to accomplish the goals of the campaign. At a minimum, workplaces must commit to at least four action steps in their formal action for designation as a Live Well Workplace.

If your business is interested in making these healthy commitments and partnering with Live Well Allegheny, please fill out the commitment form beginning on the next page. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, contact Hannah Hardy via email (hannah.hardy@alleghenycounty.us) or phone (412-247-7946).

Thank you!
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Contact Information* This field is required.
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Phone Number
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Business Information* This field is required.
Name of Business
Address
City
Zip Code
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The following is a sampling of possible evidence-based practices that qualify as action steps, but it is by no means exclusive or exhaustive. The interventions listed are also categorized into four different themes:

building the workplace environment

policy integration

health education, screening, and prevention

leadership commitment and employee ownership

We encourage workplaces to select actions from a sampling of these categories, or to explore their own initiatives, but a minimum of four actions steps are required for designation as a Live Well Workplace.
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{businessInformation[1]} agrees to the implementation of action steps related to building the workplace environment, including:* This field is required.(Employer provides a supportive physical and social work environment that is conducive to healthy habits and behavior.)
Provide healthy cafeteria options with healthy foods/snacks such as fresh fruit and vegetables for purchase
Provide healthy food options during company meetings and functions
Ensure healthy food options in vending machines
Provide private area for use by breast feeding employees to pump and store their milk.
Ensure well-lit, safe stairwells
Provide access to water fountain, water dispenser, water cooler
Access to on-site fitness center or conference room for exercise classes, physical activity
Locate safe and accessible outdoor walking or running paths and trails, map a safe walking route starting and ending from the workplace or in vicinity
Provide access to secure bicycle storage area in safe, convenient location
Provide standing/walking desks
Consider a tobacco/smoke-free work campus
Provide space for or create workplace garden(s) that employees can build and maintain
Other commitments related to developing the workplace environment
None of the above
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If you selected other commitments related to developing the workplace environment, please list these additional commitments below (click on the plus symbol to add additional fields for commitments).
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{businessInformation[1]} agrees to the implementation of action steps related to policy integration, including:* This field is required.(Employer integrates health and wellness promotion policies into organizational structure)
Institute a healthy food policy requiring healthy food and drink options at company meetings, functions, and events
Establish and communicate tobacco-free workplace policy that includes tobacco cessation resources for employees
Develop a policy that supports breast feeding employees and allows them flexibility to pump at work in a designated, private area
Allow and encourage paid time off for employees to have preventive cancer screenings.
Offer employee flex work hours to allow for opportunities for physical or wellness activity before, during, after work, and lunch breaks
Use financial incentives such as reduction in insurance premiums, gift cards, cash, prizes, extra vacation days to encourage participation in health improvement activities such as giving up tobacco, weight loss, regular physical activity, and increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Negotiate health-club discounts or provide subsidized membership at local fitness centers, programs such as Weight Watchers
Create and sponsor employee athletic teams and activities
Provide or insure that your employees have access to comprehensive health insurance that includes dental and eye care as well as preventive care without co-pays
Other commitments related to policy integration
None of the above
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If you selected other commitments related to policy integration, please list these additional commitments below (click on the plus symbol to add additional fields for commitments).
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{businessInformation[1]} agrees to the implementation of action steps related to health education, screening, and prevention, including:* This field is required.(Employer disperses health education information and encourages participation in screening, physical wellness activities, and disease prevention.)
Provide annual Health-Risk Assessments (HRAs)
Offer health screenings for BMI, Obesity, Cancer, Blood Pressure, LDL Cholesterol, Diabetes, and numerous other biometrics
Make available health and wellness educational resources to employees via printed materials, direct mail, electronic correspondence, posters, bulletin boards on topics such as physical activity, improved nutrition , and tobacco cessation
Remind employees of importance of regular check-ups, physical examinations, and health screenings
Encourage employees to hold walking meetings
Support stretching and physical activity breaks during work hours and meetings
Set up walking/running/fitness club before or after work
Organize fitness classes on site
Provide or subsidize pedometers
Promote weight-loss competitions, group challenges, team relays, walking events, marathon competitions
Encourage stair use through attractive and visible prompts
Promote cessation tobacco support groups, resources, and services
Provide easy-to-access information about local programs and opportunities for physical fitness, community health related events, farmers markets
Provide health counseling/coaching focused on physical activity, smoking cessation, and weight management
Organize educational seminars or Lunch and Learns on health topics
Conduct periodic weigh-ins and BMI Calculations with educational materials on the association of excess body weight and diabetes, heart diseases, and hypertension
Highlight success stories of employees who have successfully quit smoking, lost weight, or achieved health goals
Other commitments related to health education, screening, and prevention
None of the above
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If you selected other commitments related to health education, screening, and prevention, please list these additional commitments below (click on the plus symbol to add additional fields for commitments).
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{businessInformation[1]} agrees to the implementation of action steps related to leadership commitment and employee ownership, including:* This field is required.(Senior level management, CEO/President supports participation in employee wellness program and employees are included and engaged.)
Create an Employee Wellness Committee that has ongoing leadership support and participation as well as representatives from various programs or departments
Organization leaders actively demonstrate their support for employee wellness and participate in wellness activities and programs
Company mission/vision statement supports employee health and value of wellness programs in the workplace
Leaders publicly recognize employees for healthy actions or outcome
Participation in another recognized workplace wellness certification
Other commitments related to leadership commitment and employee ownership
None of the above
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If you selected other commitments related to leadership commitment and employee ownership, please list these additional commitments below (click on the plus symbol to add additional fields for commitments).
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