11/02/2020 | CRESCENT COMMUNICATIONS |
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Benefits Enrollment is Here! |
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Open enrollment is a period set aside to educate all Crescent People on the group benefits. The goal of open enrollment is to ensure that all people receive a comprehensive overview of the benefit offerings to make informed decisions on the best benefits for themselves and their families; because of this, it is mandatory that all people attend an Open Enrollment meeting..
Open Enrollment is from November 2, 2020, to November 30, 2020!
This open enrollment season, all benefit elections, changes, and waivers will be completed online!
Benefit elections and changes must occur during the Open Enrollment window. This means that if you need benefits and do not enroll, you will not be eligible to re-enroll until Open enrollment for 2022. If you need to change your benefits and do not complete the forms during the open enrollment period, you will not be able to change your benefit elections until the Open enrollment for 2022.
To ensure that you make the best choices for you and/or your families, here are some ways to prepare for Open Enrollment: Click Here!
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Crescent Retirement Administrator Change
to Empower Retirement
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Starting November 28, 2020, the recordkeeping and administrative services for your retirement plan will transition to Empower Retirement, with these changes come new opportunities.
What you need to know
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To access, bookmark, and review your plan, visit the new website at empowermyretirement.com. Also, download the Empower Retirement app. (Log in with the same username and password you used with Fifth Third.) A reminder email will be sent as we get closer to the date.
The new site will have lots of the same features, plus some enhanced ones will be available to you.
Log in and confirm or update your contact info, including email address, so we can keep you up to date. Just click your name in the top right corner and make sure your info is current.
Use the new Customer Care number to get any help you may need:
800-338-4015. TTY: 800-766-4952.
Enhanced services you can take advantage of:
My Financial Path : Get actionable next steps to help you reach your financial goals.
Learning Center: Access tools, calculators and articles about financial topics that interest you.
Empower Student Debt Solution: Use the evaluation tools and review possible ways to pay off your student loans.
Spanish translation: Click once to translate the website and your future statements to Spanish.
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What Is Normal Body Temperature? |
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Our bodies are like a little furnace. It puts out heat all the time. It comes from your body, doing the work that keeps you alive. When it puts out a lot more or a lot less heat than usual, it’s trying to tell you there’s a problem.
A fever is the body’s way of warning you that something is off and can be a sign that your body is trying to fight an illness or infection. COVID-19 symptoms seem pretty straightforward. The dry cough and difficulty breathing. Fatigue. And the fever, but the temperature alone cannot indicate whether you have the virus? Why is because it depends on what’s “normal” temperature for you.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists fever as one criterion for screening for COVID-19 and considers a person to have a fever if their temperature registers 100.4 or higher -- meaning it would be almost 2 degrees above what’s regarded as an average “normal” temperature of 98.6 degrees.
Not everyone’s “normal” body temperature is the same. Yours could be a whole degree different than someone else’s. For a typical adult, body temperature can be anywhere from 97 F to 99 F. Babies and children have a little higher range: 97.9 F to 100.4 F. Your temperature doesn’t stay the same all day, and it will vary throughout your lifetime, too.
Some things that cause your temperature to move around during the day include:
- How active you are
- What time of day it is
- Your age
- Your sex
- What you’ve eaten or had to drink
- Hormone levels
Anything above 100.4 F is considered a fever. People with COVID-19 may sometimes have a low-grade fever or no fever at all. It is also possible for a person to be asymptomatic (no fever or other symptoms) and still spread the virus to others. It’s a good idea to check your temperature and report any symptoms immediately and answer all health screening questions honestly. Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, and problems breathing along with other possible symptoms such as body aches, chills, fatigue, loss of the sense of smell, or taste. Some people may also have a runny nose, nausea, or diarrhea.
Screening for fever and other symptoms can help detect COVID-19 early and prevent you from spreading the virus to others. If you have any questions about COVID symptoms or preventative managers, please contact your manager.
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Together we can keep stop the spread of illness.
All it takes to start a chain reaction is to let up. Don't let up. The battle against COVID-19 isn't over.
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How to Prepare for Flu Season
in the Time of COVID-19
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During flu season last year, more than 39 million people got sick with influenza, a viral infection that attacks the nose, throat, and lungs, according to estimates from the CDC.
Both the flu and COVID-19 can be serious illnesses. Here’s what you can do to be prepared for flu season:
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Get your flu shot: Studies show the flu vaccine reduces your risk of flu illness overall and makes it less likely that you would get severely sick if you did become infected. We don’t have a vaccine for COVID-19, so let’s protect ourselves against the one thing we know we can protect ourselves. The CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months gets vaccinated.
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Stay vigilant with safety precautions: Like COVID-19, flu viruses spread through droplets that come out of a sick person’s nose or mouth. So, many of the things you’re likely doing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — like wearing a mask in public, staying six feet away from others, and washing your hands frequently — could also reduce your chances of being exposed a flu virus.
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Know what to do if you get sick: The flu and COVID-19 have many overlapping symptoms, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and muscle aches. If you develop these symptoms, report it to your doctor and Crescent. Stay home! Crescent has resources and benefits to help you diagnose with COVID and are sick and need to stay home for an extended period.
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Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and then throw it away in the trash. Suppose you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder, not into your hands. Teach your children how to do this so they can stay safe. Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, an alcohol-based hand rub can be used.
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Plan for child care at home if your child gets sick. Check with your SPG or manager to determine if you can work from home or set up a flexible work schedule. If this is not possible, find other ways to care for your children at home (such as care by relatives, neighbors, co-workers, or friends).
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Plan to monitor the health of your family by checking for fever and other symptoms of flu. Clean surfaces and objects that are frequently touched. Wipe these surfaces with a household disinfectant, following the directions on the product label. Additional disinfection of these surfaces beyond routine cleaning is not recommended.
If we want to get back to more of a normal life — we’re going to need to practice all of these preventative measures and understand that we’re not only protecting ourselves, but those around us.
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Learning and Development Insights |
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Being your authentic self can feel risky now in our screen-obsessed world. We’re just trying to fit in, be liked, and be accepted by other human beings. And as a result, the image we present (on our social media profiles and IRL) have become mere presentations of who we think we should be and not reflections of who we truly are.
So how do we take off the mask we’ve been wearing and start to live a life of authenticity?
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Listen More. Direct Less. |
This is one of the great paradoxes of leadership. As human beings we are hard-wired for action, but listening feels like the opposite of action.
The result is most of us do not listen very well. We are good at directing – telling people what to do – but we have lost the art of listening.
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It's not too late to earn your Wellworks Benefits Discount and take advantage of all the other benefits!
Wellworks discount eligibility closes
December 1, 2020
- Log into Wellworks today and check to see if you have met the tier 1 or tier 2 discounts.
- Tier 1: Earn 10% of your benefit premiums by completing your Biometrics, Know Your Numbers Health Assessment and the Tobacco Attestation/Cessation Program
- Tier 2: Earn 20% off your benefit premiums by completing Tier 1 plus 100 additional points! You can collect additional points by completing preventative exams, e-learning, volunteering, and more!
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Research has warned time and time again that “sitting disease” is real. Sitting for long periods at your desk can lead to some serious complications.
This lack of activity doesn’t just affect your health. It can have a direct impact on your work performance and engagement. According to studies from the American College of Sports Medicine and the Journal of Workplace Health Management:
- 60% of employees said their time management skills, mental performance, and ability to meet deadlines improved on days they exercised
- 27% of employees reported higher levels of “dealing calmly with stress” on days they exercised
- 41% of employees reported higher rates of “feeling motivated to work” on exercise days
Besides these health aspects, the number one benefit exercise has on your work is that it improves your productivity by allowing you to take regular breaks and clear your mind. Click on the link below to learn how you can stay fit while you work!
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