{"id":1881,"date":"2016-01-28T17:57:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/carrier-health-wellness-must-be-part-of-new-era-retention-plans\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:51:20","slug":"carrier-health-wellness-must-be-part-of-new-era-retention-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/carrier-health-wellness-must-be-part-of-new-era-retention-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrier: Health & Wellness Must Be Part of New Era Retention Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carriers must do more in helping drivers get healthy if they hope to recruit and retain veteran drivers, says a fleet operator in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The trucking industry has lost more than 150,000 drivers to elevated blood pressure and blood sugar levels since 2014, says Bob Perry, the president and founder of Rolling Strong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of a Truckload Carriers Association webinar discussing the importance of truck driver health and wellness, Fleet Owner magazine reports Perry as saying the industry must rework the \u201cold model\u201d of driver recruitment and retention and \u201ccome at it from a different angle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that we understand what the driver shortage looks like, we really have to. The old methods don\u2019t apply.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed that driver wellness education should be an enhancement to the recruiting package and suggested that carriers should implement second-chance programs for drivers who fail at orientation because of medical issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re within reason, have a coach work with them on nutrition and exercise,\u201d Perry suggests. \u201cIf you do those steps in the beginning you\u2019ll see that you\u2019ll save these men and women. Over time, you\u2019ll see that disqualifications decrease because you\u2019re working on it from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to following up with drivers after orientation to make health and wellness a long-term lifestyle change, Perry said he\u2019s found that coaching and education work best.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey really appreciate that someone is taking the time out and addressing them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve found that when drivers can come in and talk to someone, they really appreciate it. You can\u2019t just load up on the front end, there has to be some follow through.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDrivers go from three-month employees to one-year, then one year to two years,\u201d he said, adding investing in driver health has a great return on investment. \u201cNow you\u2019ve got a long-term employee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry offers his fellow carriers some tips on creating health and wellness roadmap within their fleets. Click here<\/a> for the full article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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