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September 29, 2009

Deal alert: get a flu shot -- get time off from work

A Baltimore communications company is offering a really cool incentive for its workers -- just in time for flu season.

Employees at Pinnacle Communications who get seasonal and swine flu shots will receive an hour with a personal trainer and an extra day OFF. (Um, hello Baltimore Sun powers that be -- are you listening?!)

It's a simple principle that makes good business sense. Sick employees can't come to work. Healthy employees keep the engines churning on the job.

"Our theory is that if we offer employees a healthy incentive to receive the seasonal and swine flu shots, they will miss less work because their chances of getting the flu will be lessened," said Tracey Haldeman, Pinnacle's president.

Exactly.

So, any other cool incentives being offered at your place of business? Has your job started vaccinating against seasonal flu yet?

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Posted by Kelly Brewington at 11:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Swine flu/H1N1

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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