#1 ranking follows 7 years of consistently ranking in the Top 5
ORLANDO, Fla. – OUC – The Reliable One has been recognized as Central Florida’s number one healthiest employer in Springbuk’s 2024 Healthiest Employers®. Springbuk is a health intelligence software platform that administers the award to acknowledge companies for outstanding employee health and wellness programs. For the past seven years, OUC has consistently placed as a top five organization among companies with 500-1,499 employees.
“The top ranking is a testament to OUC’s unwavering commitment to our employees,” said Latisha Thompson, Chief Employee Experience Officer.
"OUC’s #1 company value is Make Safety First and this award affirms our commitment to our employees wellbeing – both physical and mental. Achieving this recognition isn’t just about setting benchmarks – it’s about cultivating a culture where our employees feel supported and empowered to make sustainable lifestyle changes that benefit their holistic health,” Thompson concluded.
Beyond a comprehensive, award-winning wellness program, OUC offers employees competitive compensation, a hybrid work schedule, paid parental leave and educational assistance, among other outstanding benefits.
This year, OUC has been honored with the top spot, marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing efforts to provide the best possible benefits to its workforce. This recognition underscores OUC's dedication to fostering a healthy workplace environment, which is at the core of the company’s values.
Healthiest Employers evaluates well-being effectiveness across six key categories. This year, OUC reported improved metrics in five of those categories, earning a perfect score in the categories of Strategic Planning and Marketing & Communications. Springbuk highlighted OUC’s use of strategic planning decisions focused on chronic conditions like diabetes, and the company’s increased communications to employees on the Wellbeing program.
In May, OUC’s wellness program was recognized with the Gold Certification from Wellness Workdays in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, and we also won the Aetna® Workplace Well-being Silver Award.
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Acerca de OUC—The Reliable One
For more than 100 years, OUC—The Reliable One has provided exceptional value to its customers and community through the delivery of sustainable and reliable services and solutions. The utility provides electric, water, chilled water, lighting and solar services to more than 400,000 accounts in Orlando, St. Cloud and parts of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties. As OUC prepares for the next century, it remains committed to a goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 while supporting the Central Florida community with conservation, sustainability and energy efficiency resources. Visit www.ouc.com to learn more.
About Springbuk and Healthiest Employers®
Springbuk is a health intelligence software platform that empowers everyone in an employer’s health ecosystem to glean actionable insights to improve their population’s well-being and contain claims costs. Each year, Springbuk administers the Healthiest Employers® Awards Program across the country to honor the nation’s most dedicated employers in bettering their worksite health and wellness programs. To date, over 10,000 employers across 40+ U.S. cities have participated in the awards program. Learn more at Springbuk.com and HealthiestEmployers.com.