FRT and Wellness Policy

MAPP 02.02.08: Fitness Release Time and Wellness Leave Policy

Safeguard your health and well-being! Are you familiar with the Fitness Release Time and Wellness Leave PolicyMAPP 02 .02 .0 8? Apply for FRT and with your supervisor's approval, exercise for 30 minutes 3x a week. Visit your PCP for a ROUTINE PHYSICAL EXAM and complete a simple online health assessment, and you could you could receive one full day off from work! To apply for FRT and/or Wellness Leave, visit the POWER UP Wellness Policies tab below and follow the instructions.

Fitness Release Application

Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Completed HRA and Physician’s Certification of Routine Physical Exam Affidavit

HR is pleased to offer University of Houston Faculty and Staff a number of discounts on many different products and services.

Some businesses will want to see your University Faculty/Staff ID; others may want you to print out a coupon or enter a special discount code on their website. 

Please peruse the different programs below, including PerkSpot, the newest discount program available to the UH community.

PerkSpot (Access Code: UHPerks) provides access to thousands of national and local discounts including theme parks, event tickets, travel, name brand items and more!  

• If you are a company looking to offer a discount to UH employees, consider doing so with PerkSpot!  Making a request is easy.  Simply complete and submit the PerkSpot’s Merchant form, and a PerkSpot representative will reach out to you to learn more and to see if a discount for your product and/or services can be negotiated.

Additional discount providers include:

• Saving Center Discounts for UH employees are offered through the University’s Deer Oaks EAP Services. To access the Saving Center log into the EAP.
• Corporate Shopping Company Special offers for current UH employees!
• Discount Puchase Program Discounts for State of Texas employees, retirees, and their immediate families administered by Beneplace!
• HealthSelect ShoppERS An incentive program that allows you to save money and earn rewards in a TexFlex^SM health care flexible spending account (FSA) when shopping for certain medical services and procedures!
• Visit blue365deals.com/bcbstx for information on discounts available BCBSTX members and to sign up to receive weekly "Featured Deals" emails!

For additional discounts on airport parking, auto rentals and telephone, click here.

• Cougar Walking Paths
• Maps

• Nine Dimensions of Wellness
• Herb Combinations and Seasonings Blends Recipes (PDF)
• Shopping, Cooking and Meal Planning
• American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Dietary Supplement Safety Information
• 10 Minute Stretch Break
• Gratitude
• Budgeting Basics Worksheet
• Steps to Financial Recovery
• 30 Minute Meals (PDF)
• Building a Better Credit Report
• Feel Good Food: Nutrition to Support Immunity
• A Normal Response to an Abnormal Event (Handout)
• Mastering the Concept 2 Rower
• Budgeting Basics
• Pre & Post Workout Nutrition
• Never Has Physical Activity Been More Important
• Overcoming Postural Issues & Exercise Form (Handout)
• Quick Nutrition on the Go (Handout)
• Outdoor Workout Tips & Tricks (Handout)
• Walk on the Wild Side: How to reap the benefits of the outdoors
• 3 Simple Tips to Help Prevent the Top Threats to Men’s Health (Handout)
• Recharge Tactics: Strategies to Reset, Plug in & Perform Better (Handout)
• Quick Exercise Breaks (Handout)
• Managing Relationships During Stressful Times  (Handout)
• Smashing Stigma and Supporting Mental Health Before, During, and After Crisis (Handout)
• Maximizing Grocery Store Trips & Managing Intake in a New Environment (Handout)
• Intro to Mindfulness - the what, why and how
• Unconventional Workout Equipment (Handout)
• Stress Management for Essential Staff (Handout)
• 10 Ways to maintain your health (and spirit!) while working from home
• Outsmart Your Mind to Eat Better (Handout)
• Matters of the Heart
• Which Fitness Test is Best For Me
• Healthy Holiday Season
• Limited Equipment Workout
• The Sitting Disease
• Quick and Easy Food Prep (Recipes)

Courtney Stein

Wellness Administrator

CStein@central.uh.edu

713-743-1991