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Employee wellness programs are a great way to create a culture of fitness while controlling healthcare costs. Employee wellness programs make employees healthier, more productive, and generally happier. It can be as simple as endorphins. For employers, wellness programs help build organizational culture, peer-to-peer relationships and a grateful, healthy staff. Here are three areas to focus on to help build your employee wellness program into your organization.

Women put employers in a unique position as far as employee loyalty is concerned. Women show trends of too much loyalty to their employers. As a result, their pay scales end up lower, their benefits packages end up in unconventional proportions and they can end up unsatisfied and even bringing ultimatums to their employers. Here are three pieces of women's loyalty to pay close attention to in order to ensure fair compensation and full employee loyalty and satisfaction.

We have talked a lot about employee health and wellness programs on this blog in the past, but according to a recent
USA Today article, there is a new type of employee health program gaining popularity among employers. Employee financial health is a new priority for employers and it is having a real impact on employee productivity. The main premise for employee financial education is that if there is no financial stress in employees' lives, they can be at the peak of productivity. Three main goals for employee financial health initiatives are:

Readers of INCENTIVE have recognized GiftCard Partners for excellence as an incentive industry supplier through an online voting process that took place February through April 2014. When the results were tallied GiftCard Partners was named one of the winners of Incentive Magazine's Platinum Partner Award. The industry’s most qualified corporate decision-makers marked their selections for the best gift card and merchandise suppliers in their field … the people, products and services that helped them most in motivating their employees and customers over the past year. The incentive industry winners were selected based on the following criteria: motivational appeal of the product line, customer service and speed of fulfillment, degree of promotional support and customization opportunities.

Winner of Incentive Magazine's Platinum Partners Award for 2014 Wellesley, MA – October 07, 2014 – GiftCard Partners today announced that they have been named a winner of INCENTIVE magazine’s prestigious Platinum Partners Award for 2014 for being one of the incentive industry's best suppliers. Readers of INCENTIVE have recognized GiftCard Partners for excellence as an incentive industry supplier through an online voting process that took place February through April 2014. The industry’s most qualified corporate decision-makers marked their selections for the best gift card and merchandise suppliers in their field … the people, products and services that helped them most in motivating their employees and customers over the past year. Winners were selected based on the following criteria: motivational appeal of the product line, customer service and speed of fulfillment, degree of promotional support and customization opportunities. “We are delighted to be recognized by Incentive Magazine for excellence as an industry supplier,” said Deborah Merkin and Edward Shulkin, co-CEOs, GiftCard Partners. “Our achievements are driven by our dedication to our people, clients, and their success. We also appreciate being able to share our expertise within the payments industry and beyond.” A complete list of winners appeared in INCENTIVE’s July/August 2014 issue and is featured on INCENTIVE’s website: http://www.incentivemag.com/Platinum-Partners/.
About GiftCard Partners Dedicated to growing our clients' B2B gift card business through the use of leading-edge marketing and technology platforms; we develop innovative approaches to the incentive, loyalty, promotion, and fundraising markets; GiftCard Partners is one of the nation's largest developers of corporate Gift Card programs. We are an award-winning leader in the fast-growing payments industry. GiftCard Partners works with a broad range of leading brand companies as an outsourced program management solution. Our clients’ gift cards are placed in workplace safety programs, health and wellness programs, employee recognition, motivation and sales incentive programs, and customer rewards and loyalty programs. Some of our clients include CVS/pharmacy®, AutoZone®, Lane Bryant®, Catherines®, The Cheesecake Factory, and Boston Market. Visit www.giftcardpartners.com to learn more. ### CONTACT: GiftCard Partners Lauren McAuly lmcauly@giftcardpartners.com