Business Trends EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Chesapeake-based Damuth Trane holds contests and raffl e drawings to improve employee wellness. The energy services company has
initiatives promoting physical, emotional and fi nancial wellness, says its human resources team leader, Elise Tillie.
Game changer S
ome companies play games with employee wellness. Chesapeake-based
energy services company Damuth Trane, for example, makes well- ness a competition. Damuth Trane organizes “a
variety of challenges. We like to mix them up,” says Elise Tillie, human resources team leader. The company sponsors contests to see who can walk the most steps or lose the most weight. Before the end-of-the-year holidays, it holds a “maintain, don’t gain” competition. The contests are voluntary and on the honor system, with raffle drawings to spur competition. There’s a cash reward for
employees who quit smoking, and “if they do an annual wellness
Photo by Mark Rhodes
checkup, they receive a gift card,” Tillie adds. “The goal is to make sure they have a relationship with their doctor.” In addition, Damuth Trane
offers free flu vaccinations, has a gym at its headquarters, an employee assistance program — via a third-party company providing confidential assessments, short- term counseling and referrals — as well as bringing in a mobile mam- mogram clinic. It’s also looking into instituting a quiet room where employees can de-stress. About 85 of the company’s more than 200 employees work at locations other than its headquarters, so the company partners with local Y’s and fitness clubs to provide exercise opportunities for those workers.
Companies use competition to make employee wellness fun by Stephenie Overman
Damuth Trane is concerned
about employees’ emotional and financial wellness as well as their physical wellness, Tillie says. For instance, the company pays for an educational program that gives employees step-by-step guidance to eliminate debt, save for emergencies and plan for retirement. In its 2018 Employee Benefit
Report, the Society for Human Resource Management found that 75% of employers offer wellness information and/or a general wellness program. But others, like Damuth Trane, go above and beyond the basics to offer substantial benefits that help employees prevent illnesses and lower their health-care costs.
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