General Toolkit

Employers can play a pivotal role in reducing cancer incidence and premature death. Healthier employees and healthier bottom lines can be achieved by providing evidence-based prevention and early detection services and encouraging employee engagement. By providing access and encouraging participation, more lives – and more money - can be saved.

Employers of all sizes, from diverse industries, and across geographies that have earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation are making a difference.

Are You Ready?

Access your readiness to begin the online application. Download Print version here.

Gold Standard Application Guide:

Use this guide to structure your approach to completing the online application. Download Print version here.

Application Download for Review

For reference only. The CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ application must be submitted online.

Gold Standard Organizations

Employers play a pivotal role in creating health-supportive environments for their employees as well as the community at large.

Workplace Health: Engaging Business Leaders to Combat Obesity

Lankford, Tina; Jason Lang, Brian Bowden, and William Baun

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Merck is at the forefront of cancer research, and our employees are our most critical resource to transform prevention and treatment of the disease. That’s why we’re pleased to be recognized with The Gold Standard. When our employees feel their best, they can be and do their best, which is crucial to helping us achieve our mission of improving and saving lives.

Ken Frazier

CEO & President

Merck & Co., Inc.

General Best Practices

PowerUP Your Health

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Prevention, Screening, Health Education & Health Promotion

PowerUP Your Health

PowerUP Your Health is a reimagined health fair that brought meaningful value to Vanderbilt's workforce. At this event, employees were encouraged to play an active role in their health by leveraging digital tools and on-site access to clinical services, appointment scheduling and medical experts. Some of the event's stations included:

Health Hub - Employees received valuable preventive health services on-site including: flu shots, blood pressure readings, and BMI checks.

Expert Hot Spot - Employees...

Articles of Interest

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals

Drash, Wayne

CNN

The CEO's Role in Fighting Cancer

Weldon, William

Chief Executive Magazine

Research & Evidence

E-cigarettes unhelpful in smoking cessation among cancer patients, study shows

Wiley

Cancer Facts and Figures 2017

American Cancer Society

Brochures/Reference

Manager's Kit

After you’ve told your manager about your diagnosis, it will help to have a framework for discussions about your job. Understand that your manager will probably be worried for you — and for the company. The best antidote is information, which is why we created this kit. It contains need-to-know laws relating to cancer in the workplace; successful workplace strategies; tips for dealing with your HR department; and more. We recommend detaching this page and sharing the rest of the kit with your manager. Additional resources for both you and your employer can be found at cancerandcareers.org.

Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies

If you have cancer, you may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are a treatment option for many people with cancer. This book explains cancer treatment clinical trials and gives you some things to think about when deciding whether to take part. This booklet is for people with cancer, their family, and friends.

From Evidence to Practice: Workplace Wellness that Works

Employers know that keeping employees healthy is good for both the employees themselves and for the productivity and profitability of the business. However, most employers do not know precisely how to create a healthy workplace or healthy workforce. This workplace health promotion guide for employers fills that need: using the latest scientific evidence combined with expert opinion from business leaders, this guide offers easy to use, real world recommendations on the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs. Employers can use this guide to implement best and promising practices in their workplaces, thereby maximizing the impact of their program and the benefits to employees and business alike.

Prepared by: Institute for Health and Productivity Studies Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health In collaboration with Transamerica Center for Health Studies®

External Resources

Quality Treatment & Survivorship

Employers | Managers

Cancer + Careers

Employers and their frontline managers need support in helping an employee balance their cancer and career.

Questions & Answers about Cancer in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Additional Resources

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the employment provisions of the ADA. This document, which is one of a series of question-and-answer documents addressing particular disabilities in the workplace, explains how the ADA applies to job applicants and employees who have or had cancer.

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Guidelines

National Institute of Health (NIH)

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG or the Guidelines) are an essential resource for health professional and policymakers. Based on the latest science, they provide guidance on how children and adults can improve their health through physical activity.

Prevention

Risk Factors for Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

It is usually not possible to know exactly why one person develops cancer and another doesn’t. But research has shown that certain risk factors may increase a person’s chances of developing cancer. (There are also factors that are linked to a lower risk of cancer. These are sometimes called protective risk factors, or just protective factors.)

Health Education & Health Promotion

Cancer Trends Progress Report