Workplace Wellness Program

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Healthy Habits, Happy Work
Workplace Wellness at Texas Tech Health El Paso

We encourage all benefit-eligible employees to participate in Healthy Habits, Happy Work, Texas Tech Health El Paso’s new employee wellness program. Healthy Habits, Happy Work aims to help you feel your best mentally and physically, both inside and outside of work.

By participating in Healthy Habits, Happy Work you can earn eight (8.0) hours of paid annual wellness leave to use as you wish within the fiscal year (Sept. 1 – Aug. 31).

How to qualify:

  1. Get an annual physical exam from your health care provider (see our FAQs below). The exam should include a complete blood count (CBC) and comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) test.
  2. Complete a Health Assessment through the Buena Vida website.
  3. Participate in two eligible wellness events and receive a certificate of completion for each event.

How to submit your documentation to earn eight Wellness Get Fit (WEF) leave hours:

  1. Complete and sign a Wellness Leave Certification Form to certify completion of your physical exam, Health Assessment, and two wellness events.
  2. Attach your two wellness event certificates.
  3. Submit your documentation to the Benefits and Wellness team at elphrbenefitsadmin@ttuhsc.edu.

Healthy Habits, Happy Work FAQs:

We recommend getting your exam early in the fiscal year, which begins Sept. 1. That way you have your physicians’ approval to begin participating in wellness events during the year.

If you’ve received a physical exam in the past 12 months, you can participate in Healthy Habits, Happy Work.

Wellness leave hours will be available for use on the first of the month following submission of all required documentation.

WEF hours must be scheduled in advance and with the approval of the employee’s supervisor.

Employees are required to submit WEF leave on their timecards or leave reports.

Any unused WEF hours will be forfeited at the end of the fiscal year.

Unused WEF hours will not be paid out upon separation of employment.

Have a question not covered in our FAQs? Contact the Benefits and Wellness team at elphrbenefitsadmin@ttuhsc.edu or 915-215-4145.

Useful downloads:

Wellness Leave Certification Form

Healthy Habits, Happy Work Campaign Downloads: