The district, which has approximately 100 full-time and 30 seasonal employees, uses biometric health screening and health risk assessments to identify risks and opportunities in its workforce. Its Work Well Committee uses analytics to develop quarterly challenges around nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, or another health-related topic that employees can focus on.
Participants are paired to act as “accountable friends” during the challenges.
“Our current challenge is Witness the Fitness, so we focus on fitness activities throughout the work week,” says Vixie. “And we check with our friends to make sure that we complete the tasks that we are given each week. It brings a lot of fun and hopefully stress relief to our working day. “
Caring for employee well-being is built into managers’ responsibility. This year, Beach Cities plans to further operationalize its work-life balance.
“This makes [it] “We aim to define work-life balance for our employees and ensure that we focus not only on the work that needs to be done, but also on what is going on with them,” says Vixie.
Lola Butcher is a freelance writer living in Springfield, Mo.
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