We encourage supervisors to work with employees to help with scheduling and staffing so participants can attend workshops/programs that give them credit for the wellness criteria. Helpful efforts are to make arrangements to stagger staffing or alternate work coverage to give employees opportunities to take part.

When the recorded health awareness workshops are available online, supervisors can encourage their employees to view a presentation at their own computer, or make a computer available for employee use. To get credit for viewing the presentation, participants must take the corresponding quiz.

This summer, supervisors can request that a WorkLife Programs workshop – which qualifies as one of the five wellness criteria apples – come to their department or area. Further information will be available in the summer brochure.

Beyond increased awareness of their personal health and wellness, employees who complete the Wellness Achievement Incentive will also receive $250 before taxes, credited to their paycheck in early 2008. Supervisors can communicate to employees that Purdue is taking an active interest in employee health – one with tangible rewards. 

The Healthy Purdue initiative promotes employee health and productivity. Wellness criteria offer opportunities for our employees to focus on their health and take part in a variety of activities that help them be healthier and more productive at work. The result is a healthier, more productive worker, which all supervisors can appreciate. Supervisors, employees, and Purdue University all benefit from this initiative.