Asuris Motivate addresses stress in the workplace

March 3, 2020

Is workplace stress a concern for your clients? A recent survey on workplace stress conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported some compelling statistics from workers about the prevalence of workplace stress. Most notable in this study, over 80% of the respondents indicated that they felt stress on the job and nearly half of these respondents indicated that they needed help managing their stress.*

When it comes to workplace stress, there seem to be more questions than answers for employers. Do your clients have a way to understand their employees’ stress levels and the extent to which it affects productivity? If they had this information, what could they do to act on it and support their employees with stress management? Asuris Motivate has answers to some of these questions.

Asuris Motivate offers a number of tools that help employees identify and manage stress. Employees start with our NCQA-certified health assessment–a powerful tool for identifying all health risks, and specifically workplace stress. The assessment takes a holistic approach, with questions from nutrition, activity levels and biometrics, to preventive screenings and social determinants of health. Included is a section focused on assessing well-being at work.

Based on responses, the Asuris Motivate platform uses advanced technology to create a personalized well-being journey for each employee. When employees indicate stress is an issue, they’re invited to participate in self-guided programs designed around proven behavioral change science on topics such as:

• Managing stress
• Building resilience
• Improving sleep health

• Enhancing physical activity

In addition, employees are invited to participate in personal challenges on:

• Meditation
• Gratitude
• Brain rest
• Managing financial stress

• Improving sleep habits to reduce stress

The Asuris Motivate Core well-being program that’s embedded in all Asuris plans helps employees identify their health risks around stress. Our buy-up options go further by helping employers identify these risks as well.

These options enable employers to work with our client success team, gaining access to advanced reporting that identifies aggregate risk levels for workplace stress in their employee population. Our client success managers help each employer design a well-being program and incentives that help their employees manage workplace stress.

Embedded in all small group (1-50) plans upon Jan. 1, 2020, renewals, the Asuris Motivate Incentive Wellness Program offers all of the Asuris Motivate Core program’s health assessment stress management features, along with some additional built-in opportunities:

• Participating employees can earn incentives up to $100 in Asuris-funded gift cards for completing designated activities on the platform.
• Employers can earn a 3% discount on premiums for each employee that completes the health assessment and biometric screening.

• Each employee can take an annual biometric screening, available at no additional cost to employer or employee.

All Asuris Motivate Core and buy-up programs are available on asuris.com and via a fully native mobile app that enables employees to take their program wherever they go.

To learn more about Asuris Motivate, contact your account representative.

April is National Stress Awareness Month. Help your groups prepare by sharing this Asuris Motivate buy-up sales flyer.

*Source: https://www.stress.org/workplace-stress and The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health