“Healthier employees are happier employees,” said Dina Pescione, a benefits manager at Amica Mutual Insurance Co. And that happiness factor, she says, has a direct correlation with the positive manner in which customer service is delivered, a key focus of what Amica sees as its competitive edge in insurance. more

The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has rehired seven of the 51 unemployment insurance call center employees that it laid off at the end of July. more

Preventure is a health-improvement company that knows how to take its own medicine. more

Seven years ago, West Warwick-based West View Health Care Center, the nursing and rehabilitation center, had just received a cautioning from its health insurer. more

A healthy employee is a happy employee. more

The wellness goal at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is simple: Keep the employees healthy and happy for as long as possible. more

It is easy to strain a back or pinch a nerve by moving heavy boxes. Imagine doing it for a living. more

The road to a healthy workplace starts the first day of work at The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., when an in-house ergonomics professional helps new employees set up their workstations. more

Employees at BankNewport are not just standing behind the teller counter anymore. They are walking. more

When University Medicine Foundation, a medical practice employing about 200 physicians and 110 support staff, met recently with its representative from Health Advocate, the third-party administrator of its wellness program, the group was pleasantly surprised to learn that “no other client was as active as we were.” This, despite the fact that the firm’s wellness program was only a year old, said Tammy Lederer, University Medicine’s chief human resources officer. more