OPM Unveils Work-Life Campus

The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday held a ceremony to unveil its new renovated health unit, which is part of the agency's effort to create a model work-life campus for the federal government in improving the wellness, morale and productivity of federal employees.

Three federal agencies -- OPM, the General Services Administration and the Interior Department, -- joined forces in July 2009 to create a work-life campus that includes more than 6,000 federal workers. The three agencies, which are in close proximity to one another in Northwest Washington, D.C., will have free access to the health units services, which include blood pressure screenings, influenza and H1N1 vaccinations, body mass index measurement, health education and cholesterol screenings. The three agencies also said in July that they plan to evaluate telework policies as part of the work-life program.

"By combining our efforts, we can improve employee wellness and morale better than we could with an agency-by-agency approach, while saving taxpayer money," said OPM Director John Berry.

Are you a federal IT worker at one of the three participating agencies? How will the new work-life program improve your work-life balance and lessen your chances of leaving for a private sector job, if at all?