{"650279":{"#nid":"650279","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Maximize Your Well-being Credit by Getting a Covid-19 Vaccine ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a priority for all University System of Georgia (USG) employees to get a Covid-19 vaccine. To encourage vaccination, USG is offering an increased well-being credit to all employees and their eligible spouses who get vaccinated. USG employees already receive a $10 credit for getting a Covid-19 vaccine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEffective August 30, 2021, the USG well-being credit maximum will be increased to $200 from $100 and employees\/spouses that receive the vaccine will be eligible for the full $200. Employees\/spouses must be registered on the USG well-being platform to receive the credit. USG will waive the current requirement for employees to complete a health assessment to become eligible for well-being credits for 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We know the best way to protect system employees is through vaccination, and we urge all employees to take advantage of this extra incentive to get a vaccine,\u0026rdquo; said Board of Regents Chairman Sachin Shailendra. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re offering employees the opportunity to do what\u0026rsquo;s best in combating the pandemic while earning credits that will help with their benefits expenditures.\u0026rdquo; Further details will be posted as quickly as possible on the well-being website at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/well-being\u0022\u003Eusg.edu\/well-being\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;After discussions about the best way to incentivize vaccination, we decided putting money back into your pockets through the well-being credit,\u0026rdquo; said Regent Neil L. Pruitt Jr., chair of the Board\u0026rsquo;s Personnel and Benefits Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I hope every USG employee will seize this opportunity to get the vaccine as soon as possible.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the summer, USG institutions have been offering vaccinations to all USG students, faculty and staff regardless of location, and to discover a location closest to you, use the USG Vaccination Locator at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/vaccination\u0022\u003Eusg.edu\/vaccination\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to vaccination sites at these USG institutions, students, faculty and staff can locate vaccination sites through the Georgia Department of Public Health\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/covid-vaccine\u0022\u003Evaccination locator\u003C\/a\u003E as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a priority for all University System of Georgia employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. To encourage vaccination, USG is offering an increased Well-being credit to all employees and their eligible spouses who get vaccinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To encourage vaccination, USG is offering an increased Well-being credit to all employees and their eligible spouses who get vaccinated."}],"uid":"35084","created_gmt":"2021-08-31 14:26:34","changed_gmt":"2021-09-02 18:36:54","author":"cgrant60","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650280":{"id":"650280","type":"image","title":"USG Vaccine Incentive","body":null,"created":"1630420421","gmt_created":"2021-08-31 14:33:41","changed":"1630420481","gmt_changed":"2021-08-31 14:34:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"246801","name":"vaccine incentive image.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vaccine%20incentive%20image.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vaccine%20incentive%20image.png","mime":"image\/png","size":236213,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/vaccine%20incentive%20image.png?itok=dhNMMI2w"}}},"media_ids":["650280"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/vaccination","title":"USG Vaccination Locator"}],"groups":[{"id":"64303","name":"Human Resources"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12434","name":"Vaccines"},{"id":"7360","name":"vaccination"},{"id":"3599","name":"incentives"},{"id":"186649","name":"Well-being credit"},{"id":"2775","name":"human resources"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}