Focus on Employees

Resources for managers to share with employees

The following resources are available to your employees through the workplace.

Healthy Workplace Funding Initiative provides funds at a rate of $25 per employee for workgroups to purchase health-enhancing goods a services such as yoga fitness training, exercise videos, stress reduction classes and nutrition information.

Weight Watchers at Work™ classes are held at many county locations. To date, more than 5,754 pounds have been shed by participants who drop an average of eight pounds per 13-week session.

Take the Stairs campaign has spurred a movement of hundreds of stair-stepping groups and individuals, expanding lung capacity and sprucing up passageways around King County along the way.

Flu Shot program this winter reached 34% of our targeted population in offices throughout King County;

Live Well Challenge - the friendly competition produced 172 self-organized work groups and thousands of participants engaged in healthy activities ; and

Health & Benefits Fair brings thousands of employees out every fall to learn about personal health and to sample the opportunities available through the workplace and at home.

The "Take the Stairs" campaign has spurred a movement of hundreds of stair-stepping groups and individuals throughout the county.