FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
TAOS, NM
TITLE 6100 - PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Carson Supplement 6100-92-1
Effective July 27, 1992
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6145.2 - Establish the Carson National Forest's Wellness/Fitness
Program(WFP) to allow employees to begin, achieve, and maintain a
minimum levelofwellness/fitness.
WILLIAM H. MOEHN
Acting Forest Supervisor
FSM 6100 - PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
CARSON SUPPLEMENT 6100-92-1
EFFECTIVE 7/27/92
CHAPTER 6140 - PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AWARDS
6145 - WELLNESS
6145.2 - Physical Fitness Programs. The Carson National Forest's
Wellness/Fitness Program (WFP) is being established to allow
employees to begin, achieve, and maintain a minimum level of
wellness/fitness.
This program is designed with direct employer/employee benefits
in mind.
1.
The program objectives are:
a.
To improve employee ability to handle stress and
anxiety.
b.
To reduce employee absenteeism due to illness and
injuries.
c.
To increase work productivity or measurable
improvement inthe quality of service.
d.
To reduce OWCP claims and improve safety record.
e.
To increase health and wellness/fitness awareness.
f.
To increase self-confidence, self-esteem, and
improve morale.
g.
To assist employees in achieving personal health
goals.
h.
To educate employees on nutrition, exercise, and
mentalwell-being.
2.
Program guidelines are:
a.
Participation in the WFP is strictly on a voluntary
basis.
b.
Participation in the WFP is an employee's privilege,
not a right. Any employee found abusing the program
and/or sponsored activities will be disallowed from
further participation and/or subject to disciplinary
action, if appropriate.
c.
Any employee is allowed to engage in WFP activities.
Participation in certain activities may be extended to
immediate family members on a case-by-case basis.
d.
An individual physical wellness/fitness plan will be
jointly developed and approved by the employee and
his/her supervisor and entered into the employee's
training plan. The plan will consist of the following
elements:
Goals that reflect the changes you want to make.
Description of any activities currently taking place to
meet those goals.
Scheduling of activities in order to attain goals.
Monitoring and evaluation techniques to assure goals are
metl.e., pulse rate, step test scores, cholesterol level,
weight.
e.
Individuals will be responsible for monitoring their
own progress.
f.
The WFP may include as a minimum, awareness and
educational training on wellness related topics; i.e.,
blood pressure testing and counseling, cholesterol
screening and counseling, government/employee contributed
exercise time, stress assessment and management, weight
management, safety and injury prevention, smoking
cessation, self-defense and protection, health
consumerism, cancer prevention, substance abuse issues,
education on AIDS, etc.
g.
FSM 6145.2 allows the use of government time for
physical wellness/fitness activities; therefore, it is
the Carson National Forest's policy to allow a maximum of
1 and 1/2 hours per week of government time which must be
combined with an equal amount of the employee's personal
time. This time cannot be accumulated nor carried over
from week to week.
To qualify for this program, an activity must be aerobic
in nature. Aerobic is defined as any activity that will
increase the heart rate to 70-80 percent of maximum for a
duration of at least 20 minutes.
Examples of acceptable activities are:
jogging
jumping rope
running in place
rowing
stationary cycling
walking
bicycling
handball
racquetball
swimming group aerobic exercises
machines
aerobic exercise
To participate in the use of government time for physical
fitness activities, employees must attend a Health Risk
Screening and execute a Physical Fitness Contract (see
Exhibit 1) prior to beginning participation. A copy of
the contract must be filed with the payroll records of
the employee.
Participating employees must document on their payroll
time sheets both the government contributed and employee
contributed time on a per day basis.
h.
The Carson National Forest will provide a yearly
session on Health Risk Screening as provided in FSM
6145.1. The screening process will measure as a minimum:
weight, height, blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood
work which consists of CBC (blood count) and Chem-screen
(cholesterol). This screening will take place annually.
All personal information from health risk screening and
fitness testing will be confidential.
i.
As part of the Forest library, the Forest will
include books, magazines, audio cassettes, and videos on
health/fitness related topics.
j.
The Forest may provide for special non-monetary
recognition of employees for accomplishments relative to
a WFP. Any recognition for accomplishments under the
provisions of the WFP must be in accordance with FSH
6109.13 - Chapter 30 on Incentive Awards.
k.
Purchase and maintenance of exercise equipment is
allowed if approved by the unit line officer. Equipment
should be compatible with WFP objectives. Employees will
be trained on the proper use of the equipment prior to
use (FSM 6145.3).
l.
Use of Government-owned building(s) will be allowed
to sponsor activities provided: the line officer has
documented the decision to sponsor the activity and the
benefit to the Forest Service with justification of cost
of the activity and risk of liability.
m.
Use of official time for participation at sponsored
presentations and health screening are allowed. Use of
official time for exercise is allowed when executed
contract is in place.
n.
In participating in the Forest WFP, remember that
government employees are constantly in the public's view.
Please use good judgment and discretion so that the
integrity of the Forest Service image is maintained.
6145.2 - Exhibit 1
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST
PHYSICAL FITNESS CONTRACT
I, ______________________________, agree to engage in the
physical fitness (Employee's Name) activity described below, up
to a maximum of three (3) hours of official time per pay period.
I further agree to spend three (3) hours of my personal time per
pay period engaging in the same physical fitness activity,
including preparation and travel. Time cannot be accumulated to
use once a week.
My activity will be:
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
My health objectives are:
_________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
The activity will take place at the following
times:_______________________
___________________________________________________________________________
The activity will take place at the following
location(s): ________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________
(Employee's Signature)
_______________
(Date)
I APPROVE THIS CONTRACT.
____________________________
(Supervisor's Signature)
________________
(Date)
I DISAPPROVE THIS CONTRACT - REASON STATED BELOW:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________
_________________
(Supervisor's (not acting) Signature)
(Date)