Obesity: Worksite Programs

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The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends worksite obesity prevention and control programs. Read the effectiveness evidence from systematic review. URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 2/19/2025

Tobacco Use: Smoke-Free Policies

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The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends smoke-free policies to reduce secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use. Read effectiveness and economic evidence from systematic review. URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 11/3/2021

Worker wellness programs

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Employers who support worksite-based nutrition and physical activity programs can help improve the health outcomes of their employees. Specific programs combatting obesity have encouraged behavior change through workplace spaces for physical activity, aug URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023

Commute and transit subsidies

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To help ease the costs associated with transportation, employers can provide transportation benefits that come in the form of subsidies for parking, public transportation, or bicycle maintenance or pre-tax transportation cost contributions. Some municipal URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023

Overtime policies

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Strengthening overtime rules at the municipal level could protect populations or employees who are not currently eligible for overtime pay from working long hours without compensation. Currently, the State of Massachusetts does not require overtime paymen URL: Visit resource Date … Continued

Predictability of scheduling

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Providing workers with advanced notice of schedules and the choice to decline unscheduled hours that conflict with other obligations is a way to support a healthy workforce . To increase the predictability of scheduling, policymakers at the state and loca … Continued

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