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Fiserv wins national award for employee wellness program
Published May 13, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
The National Business Group on Health (NBGH), a national nonprofit organization of large employers, today honored Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. for its commitment to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging a healthy lifestyle for its employees and their families.
Fiserv is one of 52 employers that received the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Award at the Leadership Summit sponsored by the NBGH's Institute on Costs and Health Effects of Obesity. Fiserv received a Gold Award in recognition of its successful wellness program, aimed at helping employees and their families adopt healthier lifestyles. This is the first year Fiserv has won a Gold Award, and the third year it has been recognized, receiving Silver Awards in 2006 and 2007.
Fiserv launched its wellness initiative in 2003, developing a comprehensive program to address chronic disease and to keep associates healthy. The strategy includes building a solid foundation for wellness benefits for Fiserv's 25,000 employees in nearly 200 facilities across the United States.
"We are honored to accept the Gold Award for the improvements in our wellness program," said Wendy Salmon, Fiserv vice president of compensation and benefits. "We are continually looking for better ways to promote lifestyles that help employees improve their health. The promotion and support of a healthy lifestyle provides our employees the opportunity to be happier and more productive both inside and outside of the workplace, which in turn, provides us with a return on our investment."
One of the most popular Fiserv wellness campaigns, the Healthy You Fitness Challenge, began company-wide in 2006. During the campaign, more than 6,000 employees accumulate nearly 2 million miles of walking, running and biking over the eight weeks of the event.
“We are very pleased to honor Fiserv for their innovation and commitment to providing lifestyle improvement programs designed to encourage healthier lifestyles for their employees," said Helen Darling, president of NBGH. "Fiserv and its management team should be proud of their initiatives and ongoing support of helping employees to choose a healthier way of life."
For more information on NBGH and the award winners, visit www.businessgrouphealth.org.
