Take advantage of our programs and services to advance wellness at your worksite.
Health@Work
Health@Work offers free and affordable trainings, events and resources to help employers in Hennepin County promote healthy worksites and lifestyles for their employees.
Newsletter
Our Health@Work newsletter helps you promote better health in your workplace:
Contact us
For more information about any of the following campaigns, trainings or events, email linda.brandt@hennepin.us or call 612-596-1511.
Join Health@Work's LinkedIn group
Networking breakfasts
Join local worksite wellness coordinators for a morning of learning and conversation on current topics in worksite health promotion.
Campaigns and events
Frosty Challenge
Help your employees maintain and not gain weight over the winter. This eight-week campaign includes newsletters, tracking logs, marketing materials and a coordinator manual. The training is annual.
Fruits and Veggies: Score More!
Learn how to show your employees just how tasty and convenient fruits and veggies can be with the biannual training for this four-week healthy eating campaign.
Grow with Gardens
Learn what you need to start a workplace garden or grow produce at your workplace at this biannual training.
Lean + Green
Inspire your employees to take daily actions that lead to better health for themselves and our planet. This is a six-week nutrition, physical activity and environmental health campaign. The training is biannual.
Mother Friendly Worksites
Learn about lactation support and workplace best practices, including related laws, benefits and resources. This workshop is biannual.
Paths to Positivity
Promote mental well-being in your workplace. This five-week campaign is designed to help your employees live happier, healthier lives through connection, mindfulness or purpose. The training is annual.
Step To It Challenge
Motivate your employees to get more active during this four-week physical activity challenge during the month of May. Compete with other organizations in Hennepin County to earn recognition and awards. Visit the Step To It Challenge website.
Take Charge@Work
Learn ways to enhance your employees’ career well-being and engagement at this biannual training.
Take it outside!
Take it outside! is Health@Work’s newest four-week challenge designed to help employees reap the physical and emotional rewards of spending more time outside being active.
Tools for Success
Learn how to design an effective worksite wellness program. Get tools and resources to make it happen at this annual training.
Wellness by Design award
This award recognizes employers with successful health promotion efforts. Worksites who also minimize their impact on the environment may receive a +Green designation.
2018–2019 Wellness by Design winners
More than 70 organizations received the Wellness by Design award.
See the 2019 winners (DOCX)
Hennepin County Worksite Advisory Council
Hennepin County Worksite Advisory Council
This group of 15 wellness coordinators from companies in Hennepin County provides input to ensure that our worksite wellness trainings, programs and resources are valuable and effective. If you would like to learn more or become a member of the council, e-mail Kelly Harjes at kelly.harjes@hennepin.us.