{"id":24995,"date":"2025-07-29T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=24995"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:36:44","slug":"2026-benefits-wellness-incentives-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/2026-benefits-wellness-incentives-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Benefits Wellness Incentives Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Wilkes University is once again offering\u00a0<strong>monetary wellness incentives<\/strong>\u00a0to full-time benefits-eligible employees for the 2026 benefits year! To qualify, complete\u00a0<strong>2 of 3 approved wellness activities<\/strong>\u00a0by the end of the\u00a0<strong>Open Enrollment period in November<\/strong>\u00a0(exact date TBA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Activities include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Committing to a physical or mental wellness practice<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Attending a Wilkes Wellness or HR-approved event<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Reading one approved wellness article<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Incentives include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Additional\u00a0<strong>HSA contributions<\/strong>\u00a0($250 for single \/ $500 for other tiers)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\"><strong>Payroll contribution reductions<\/strong>\u00a0for those on the PPO $400 plan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">$100\/month for employees who waive Wilkes medical coverage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Complete your activities and submit the Google Form.<strong> You can access the form by using the following link:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\"><strong> <a title=\"Google Form\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfJgcfZP1dHq5ZzVp6HJjqiLzbS1mHzz-LfehEfAUuvMM-fqA\/viewform?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfJgcfZP1dHq5ZzVp6HJjqiLzbS1mHzz-LfehEfAUuvMM-fqA\/viewform?usp=sharing<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Questions? Contact Kathy Malcom, HR Benefits Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, serif\">Let\u2019s prioritize our health together!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkes University is once again offering\u00a0monetary wellness incentives\u00a0to full-time benefits-eligible employees for the 2026 benefits year! To qualify, complete\u00a02 of 3 approved wellness activities\u00a0by the end of the\u00a0Open Enrollment period in November\u00a0(exact date TBA).\u00a0 Activities include: Committing to a physical or mental wellness practice Attending a Wilkes Wellness or HR-approved event Reading one approved wellness&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/2026-benefits-wellness-incentives-program\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 Benefits Wellness Incentives Program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25004,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24995\/revisions\/25004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}