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LifeWorks@TURCK: A Best Practice Case Study on Workplace Well-Being Program Design



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  • Description:
    The LifeWorks@TURCK platform is a well-designed, comprehensive, and multilevel multicomponent integrated set of services and programs that has received widespread recognition and may be considered a national best practice case example for workplace wellness. Furthermore, the program serves as an important example of how a company can achieve this level of programming across time. As a result of partnering with other organizations and guided by the evidence of what works, the program has become physically "palpable" within the company and represents the mindset and ways of being of the people at TURCK. Because it has become integrated entirely into the organizational fabric, it generates not only financial savings but also additional value in both health and non-health-related areas. According to TURCK's CEO Dave Lagerstrom, "strong and sustained financial performance of the platform has moved from a breakeven trend between 2003 and 2008 to approximately 7% to 8% income from operations during each of the past 5 years." Thus, the integrated approach at TURCK brings together environmental health and safety, a climate of well-being, and continuous improvement that results in sustainable health, well-being, and growth for the company and its employees. The principles of best practice program design seem to capture this initiative well. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1091-5397
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    43-48
  • Volume:
    19
  • Issue:
    3
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20061434
  • Citation:
    ACSMs Health Fit J 2015 May/Jun; 19(3):43-48
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2015
  • Performing Organization:
    Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20070901
  • Source Full Name:
    ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal
  • End Date:
    20260831
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    urn:sha-512:05b68d3c64e57d6623dc5341f6708e98d0ac6ee60e62dc7414994d9b5654c59eb69e46913cbf75a9740b03d5de1f883c8a04656f2f4d023e840e921ac5e85cef
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