LTC 220-2019 Healthiest Employer Nominee MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC# 220_2019 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager /
DATE: April 15, 2019
SUBJECT: Healthiest Employer Nominee
Again, for the third year in a row, the City of Miami Beach has been named as one of the 2019
Healthiest Employers in South Florida, presented by Florida Blue. Our continued efforts to
develop healthy employees is working well. We are proud to be ranked among the top ten
companies that are striving to maintain a healthy workforce. Rankings will be announced on
May 30, 2019 at a celebratory awards luncheon and published in the May 31st edition of the
South Florida Business Journal. The Top Ten Large (500+ Employees) Companies are:
American Express
Bean Automotive Group
City Furniture
City of Coral Gables
City of Miami Beach
City of North Miami
Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County
Humana, Inc.
Lynn University
U-Hall
The wellness program's success has led to many positive developments in our organizational
culture and in the lives of our colleagues, as many team members exercise together and
encourage one another in their efforts.
We are building a resilient City and part of the effort is developing a healthy workforce. One of
the City's most valuable resources are the employees, and the health and wellness of our
employees has a direct impact upon the continued success of our organization. We remain
committed to change unhealthy behaviors through initiatives that educate the cornerstones of
wellness: financial wellbeing, physical wellbeing, career wellbeing, social/emotional wellbeing
and workplace wellness.
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