2020 Healthiest State Walk - October 7
The Annual Walk is an opportunity for your household, school, workplace, community or organization to join thousands of other Iowans statewide in walking for 30 minutes on the first Wednesday of October. We are walking because it is good for our physical, mental and emotional health.
In 2020, we invite all Iowans to Team Up for 10 – to help us celebrate 10 years of the annual event. The Healthiest State Annual Walk was born in October 2011, when Gov. Terry Branstad invited all Iowans to take part in a "Start Somewhere Walk." The rest, as they say, is history!
We know that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, your walk event may look different this year. We still invite you to "team up" – whether that means with members of your household, in a smaller group, in a socially-distant fashion or even as a virtual team – and walk with us on October 7!
Register here: http://www.iowahealthieststate.com/events/search/searchfips=19193/
UnitedHealthcare participants, do you want an easy way to earn $75? Sign-up for a biometric screening!
Center for Disease Control (CDC) definition: A measurement of physical health characteristics.
Includes:
- Body Mass Index (BMI): Height and Weight
- Blood Pressure
- Fingerstick blood draw
- Fasting Glucose
- Triglycerides
- Cholesterol (HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol, TC/HDL Ratio)
Register By Phone: 1-844-350-4779 or
Register Online:
- Login or register for an online account at www.myuhc.com
- Click on the Health Resources tab
- Scroll down to Get Screened and click Learn More
- You will arrive at the Quest Diagnostics dashboard
- Select Onsite Event / At-Home Kit / Provider Form
- Select your preferred location
- Select the default date
- Choose an appointment time
Remember to Fast:
- Fast 9-12 hours prior to screening
- Take any regularly scheduled medications as usual
- Drinking water is permissible and recommended during the fasting period
New This Year:
- A covered spouse is now eligible to participate in an on-site biometric event
- At-home collection kits are new and now available through 5/30/2021
*Only available to those on the District's health plan.
FMLA 101
Eligibility Requirements
An employee must meet criteria in order to be eligible for FMLA leave.
The employee must:
- Have worked for the employer for at least 12 months AND
- Have at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before taking leave
Overview
Eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave (time taken is supplemented by accrued sick, personal and vacation time dictated by your contract) in a 12-month period for the following reasons:
- The birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care;
- To bond with a child (leave must be taken within one year of the child’s birth or placement);
- To care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a qualifying serious health condition;
- For the employee’s own qualifying serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the employee’s job;
- For qualifying exigencies related to the foreign deployment of a military member who is the employee’s spouse, child, or parent.
For more information on FMLA visit the Department of Labor website.
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Human Resources
Kim Smith
Benefits and Insurance Manager
Email: smithk@live.siouxcityschools.com
Website: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/insurance/
Location: 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA, USA
Phone: 712-279-6692