HEALTH AND WELLNESS continued

family. This benefit is a company paid benefit and is offered to the employee at no cost. Immediate telephone access to a counselor is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Resources include up to three sessions for inperson appointments per separate issue per year, legal services, financial consultation and eldercare resources.

A virtual healthcare service, Doctor on Demand, is provided to employees at no cost. Using a smartphone, tablet or computer, employees can receive care from board-certified physicians who can treat most common medical conditions and prescribe medication.

In 2022, WOS health plan enrollment was split 64% single and 36% family.

Total Rewards Survey

The WSC Benefits Team conducted a total rewards survey in May 2022. All full-time, non-union employees across all U.S. companies were encouraged to participate. Email communications were sent to 2,400 unique email addresses. 600 people participated in the survey and submitted responses.

Highlights

The benefit change or new idea with the most appeal was “additional paid time off benefits” (i.e., vacation, holidays, floating holidays)

The top 5 most important total rewards were:

-Paid Time Off

-Health Insurance

-401(k) Retirement Wellness Program

WSC and WOS employees have access to and are in enrolled into a wellness program, implemented by Mercy, a Des Moines hospital, called Navigate Wellness. Through this portal employees are eligible to earn reward points for completing different activities and challenges throughout the year. The activities and challenges are either individual or group challenges, which also include wellness event participation, watching or attending educational wellness lunch and learn sessions on topics like nutrition and eating well, reducing stress, importance of sleep, exercise, financial well-being, community involvement, and more. Free annual biometric health screenings are available at the corporate office through Mercy in late February. At the start of fall flu shots are available onsite, and open to employees and their families.