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mathwhizchick
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« on: January 30, 2002, 07:50:45 pm »

The company I work for in Ohio has a gym (called the Wellness Center) at its Downtown location, available free of charge to all employees (unfortunately, employees only, not to their families/spouses).  They offer yoga (hatha only), tae kwan do, a nice variety of aerobic classes, tai chi (just started) and they have personal trainers on staff who will meet with you and design a fitness regime for you to follow.  They have free weights, nautilus type weight machines, a 1/14 mile track and a whole variety of exercise machines (treadmills and the like), as well as nice locker rooms with showers, LOTS of mirrors and electrical outlets, etc.  I started yoga at the Wellness Center and have since branched out to one of the local established yoga studios to do ashtanga yoga, since it wasn't offered through the Wellness Center.
I cannot speak about coverage for the alternative treatments, since I have never been chronically/seriously ill (knock on wood), but I have been told that the Employee Occupational Health Service area is VERY knowledgeable and helpful and does a lot toward getting alternative meds paid for (as long as they are on "the list", something noted by another poster).
As for domestic partner benefits, I can't speak to that, since I have gone a more traditional route.  Some companies in Ohio have done that (I know Case Western University does, since I have a friend who is professor at Cleveland Institute of Music), but it's not in wide spread use.
Overall, I am really QUITE pleased with my benes, even more so since I was a free-lance professional musician for 20+ years and had to make do on my own steam.....
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