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City of Elk River Health Rewards Program Policy Purpose of Policy Encourage employees to live healthy lifestyles by providing health and wellness learning opportunities. Healthy employees will reduce absenteeism,increase productivity, help control medical costs and insurance premiums, and reduce incidents of illness and injuries. Health Rewards Program Committee Committee members shall be comprised of employee volunteers from a variety of departments of the City. The committee is responsible for providing appropriate health and wellness opportunities for all City employees. Events Provided The Committee may provide different events from year to year. Events shall be related to health and wellness, meet public purpose expenditure guidelines and be deemed appropriate by the City Administrator. To support employee engagement,incentives may be provided for participation and for exceptional performance of event objectives. Examples of incentives include water bottles,wristbands,kettlebells, Frisbees, a personal trainer session,rental of recreation equipment, state park pass, and may cost up to $100 for an exceptional performance incentive. Employees who are working their regular job during the scheduled time of the event may use up to one hour of paid time to attend the event. Events that are intended to be attended on the employee's own time will be advertised as such. Funding Each year, the budget for providing health and wellness events shall be calculated as follows: $500 funding base/planning funds $9.25 per employee that is covered by medical insurance Funds for the Health Rewards Program shall come out of the insurance reserve fund. Health Rewards Program Policy Policy History Adopted by: On date Item # City Council May 19, 2008 3.10 N:ADeportments\Administration\Human Resources\Health Rewords Program