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How it works

With small goals, small steps and appealing motivation, we make your employees a little more active every day. And there are hardly any costs for the company. See for yourself.

90% Active participants in the program
49.473 Steps per participant / week
253% Comparison with the recommended activity of the WHO
379Min Increased physical activity per participant/week

What is Move Republic?

Move Republic is a digital program that motivates employees to move more and live healthier.

  • Movement counts: whether it's steps, cycling or sport - everything is rewarded.
  • 100% inclusive: no one is excluded.
  • Collect points: Employees collect points for every activity.
  • Direct appreciation: monthly bonuses can be redeemed directly for attractive rewards that motivate.
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Advantages for companies

  • More togetherness: Set the spark for more social interaction.
  • More health: We create an atmosphere that makes you healthy.
  • No effort: Finally an issue that is easy to solve.
  • Positive image: Togetherness radiates both internally and externally.
  • No risk: From 1 employee, can be terminated at any time.
  • Measurable: You automatically receive key figures on activity development, sick leave, CSR, sustainability
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THE PROGRAM

The program is child's play and offers a lot

We motivate employees to engage in healthy exercise and healthy habits.

We do this via a modern app. Employees use it to achieve daily goals and exchange ideas in a community. This creates a sense of togetherness.

How do we achieve our average participation rate of 90%? It's simple: we reward exercise. This creates healthy habits naturally over time.

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The app

  • Free for everyone: The Move Republic app is available free of charge for iOS and Android.
  • Registration in seconds: Users simply create their account via social login or with their email address.
  • Directly in the program: By scanning a QR code, participants can access the company's program directly.
  • Individual goals: Depending on their level of activity, participants receive the goals that motivate them best.
  • Events / Challenges: Participants compete against each other in challenges and other events.
  • Tracker: Steps can be easily recorded via Apple Health, Garmin, Health Connect and many others or directly via the app itself.

Motivation

  • Motivation: The program motivates participants to engage in healthy exercise and healthy habits in everyday life.
  • Habits: Extrinsic motivation turns into healthy habits that stick.
  • Events & networking: We rely on events/challenges and the formation of a community for motivation.
  • Events / challenges: Deliberately low-threshold events involve the users.
  • Community: Social integration takes place in a playful way via the community.

The "PulseCheck" portal

  • Customer portal: Every customer receives access to the management portal.
  • Key figures: All important key figures at a glance: Sickness rate, activity.
  • History: See the history of key figures and ROI figures.
  • Autopilot: It couldn't be fairer: you only pay when the program is used, inactive participants pay nothing, but can become active again at any time.
  • Data protection: Move Republic protects participants' data, the company only sees the necessary average data and who is participating.

Reward

  • STARS: Users collect STARS for goals achieved or in events.
  • Vouchers: STARS can be exchanged for over 100 vouchers.
  • Donations: It is also possible to donate STARS.
ACTIVITIES

Every form of exercise counts

We support every activity! In this way, we enable your employees to live out their own form of exercise at their own level and speed. Without pressure or peer pressure. The activities are tracked via the Move Republic motivation app.
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Running

Steps count when running. Each step corresponds to an activity point.

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Cycling
Cycling

When cycling, 2 meters equals one activity point. One kilometer on the bike therefore corresponds to 500 steps.

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Fitness studios
Fitness studios

At gyms, you can collect 100 AP per minute via a check-in, up to a maximum of 7,500 AP per day.

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Going for a walk
Going for a walk

Movements in everyday life are particularly important. Each step is counted as an Activity Point.

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Tennis
Tennis

In tennis, check-ins and steps count towards activity points.

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Sailing
Sailing

When sailing, the check-in at the jetty counts. The sailing area will be determined separately.

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Swimming
Swimming

When swimming, the check-in gives you the activity points.

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Riding
Riding

The check-in at the sports facility also counts when riding.

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Nordic Walking
Nordic Walking

Nordic walking is healthy and you collect a lot of steps.

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Boxing
Boxing

The check-in at the sports facility also counts in boxing.

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Fußball
Fußball

Auch beim Fußball zählt der Checkin in der Sportstätte. 

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Yoga
Yoga

Yoga ist gesund, auch hier zählen Checkins.

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Klettern
Klettern

Auch beim Klettern ist der Checkin von Bedeutung. 

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Tanzen
Tanzen

Beim Tanzen sammelt man Schritte und die Activity Points für den Checkin.

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Jogging
Jogging

Schritte sammeln beim Joggen geht schnell. Aber es ist auch eine ausgesprochen gesunde Aktivität im Alltag.

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Home Workout
Home Workout

Auch zuhause können Schritte im Alltag gesammelt werden. Für die Zulassung von Checkins zuhause sprechen sie uns bitte an. 

VOUCHERS

Our rewards

We work with voucher partners worldwide, so users in 65 countries can redeem individual regional vouchers that are fun to use. This is a selection of the vouchers that our participants can currently redeem for their STARS.

EVENTS

Prepared challenges

We have already successfully completed over 200 challenges. These are either individually or thematically prepared. This automatically creates relevance for the participants.

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Active into spring
Active into spring

We use seasonal topics and amplify them. They are usually already a topic of conversation anyway, so we can make good use of this to achieve a wide reach.

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Cycling to work

It often only takes a small nudge to start a habit. We provide this impetus and network employees to get started together.

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Lunch Walk
Lunch Walk

If the others do it, I'll join in. Only one of us has to start. We make that start. There's almost always time for a lunch walk - to name just one idea.

ONBOARDING

It's so easy to get started

Let's start right away. The company sets the goals, then the Move Republic team takes over and the system runs on autopilot.

1
Kickoff

Together we agree on exercise and health goals for your company. We advise you on how to organize groups and the best challenge formats.

2
Introduction

We have prepared many tools for introduction in the company. In coordination with internal communication, of course, we reach as many employees as possible.

3
Ongoing support

Our service employees support the program at all times. We motivate, help with technical questions and support other employees in the program.

4
Evaluation
Our "PulseCheck" portal provides an automatic overview. This allows you to see how the program is working at all times. At the end, we prepare a key figure report.

Customer testimonials

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Move Republic not only promotes the health of our employees, but also improves team
team motivation and the working atmosphere.

Merle Rasmussen

Head of Quality Management and Marketing, Management Assistant
Asklepios Clinic Parchim

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Thanks to Move Republic, we have taken occupational health management in our company to a new level .

Cerstin Krebs
Authorized signatory/accounting - PET Krebs GmbH
Housing cooperative Frankfurt (Oder) eG
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With Move Republic, we have
our company in a double sense. More movement and better communication!

Angela Knippel
Authorized signatory/Personnel/EDP Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Frankfurt (Oder) eG
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SPA
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Our employees love the challenges and incentives offered by Move Republic. It's great to see how the program contributes to a healthy and engaged team.

Bernd Dobbek

VP People & Culture - Sport Alliance GmbH

THIS IS WHAT 2024 WAS LIKE - THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR PARTICIPANTS INSPIRED US

FAQ

Questions & Answers

How much work does the company have to do?

The effort required within the company is minimal. Move Republic takes care of employee onboarding and is directly available for service requests. Ongoing motivation is also taken care of.

The program basically runs on autopilot:

- new participants are automatically added to the program,
- inactive participants are deactivated and no costs are incurred,
- When they become active again, the program starts again automatically.

There are regular coordination meetings on the program's goals and key figures.

What exactly do I get as an employer?

Individual support

  • Each customer receives an individually tailored program
  • This includes motivation via events/challenges

PulseCheck HR software

  • The core of the program is our PulseCheck software for you as an employer.
  • This includes
    • Member management
    • Key figures
    • Management of challenges and motivation
    • Communication options
    • Monthly reports

Regular tips, tricks & educational content

  • Exercise,
  • physical & mental health,
  • motivation,
  • nutrition,
  • stress reduction and
  • healthy habits

Does the company also pay if the program is not used?

No!

We give them our promise of fairness:

- new participants are automatically added to the program - the managers in the program receive an e-mail and can check this,
- inactive participants are deactivated, there are no costs,
- when participants become active again, the program starts again automatically.

Unlike many other programs, you only pay automatically for the participants who actually use the program.

What rewards are there for employees?

Our store offers numerous multi-purpose vouchers that conform to non-cash benefits. This means that the benefit can be used tax-free.

Due to the large number of vouchers, there is something for everyone:

- Aral
- Adidas
- REWE
- IKEA
- OTTO
- department store
- Media Markt
- Rossmann
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- Cecil
- Christ
- Douglas
- Domino Pizza
- Fleurop
- Flixbus
- Globetrotter
- Hirmer
- Golf House
- Apollo Optics
- Boozlet
- Jysk
- OBI
- OTTO
- Tchibo
- TK Maxx
- toom
- Total

What is the return on investment?

The return on investment can be calculated using various key figures. In most cases, an easily determined comparison of the sickness rate compared to the national average is sufficient for the analysis. Customers achieve values of 20% - 30% reduction here. This leads to an ROI ratio of approx. 1:5.

These values are also confirmed by meta-studies.

Additional factors - albeit more complicated to record - are reduced fluctuation, higher productivity, increased employer branding and a significantly increased sense of unity.

Are there any studies that prove the benefits?

For those who like to read more in-depth, there are numerous studies that prove the benefits of the program, which we also observe daily with our customers:

  1. "Regular everyday exercise, such as brisk walking or cycling, has been shown to have positive effects on health. Studies show that even moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. It also contributes to weight control and improves mental well-being."
    1. https:// www.gbe.rki.de/DE/Themen/EinflussfaktorenAufDieGesundheit/GesundheitsUndRisikoverhalten/KoerperlicheAktivitaet/koerperlicheaktivitaet_node.html
  2. "The "Global status report on physical activity 2022" published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in October 2022 confirms that Germans do not get enough exercise. Germany even scores worse than average: 44% of women and 40% of men over the age of 18 need to become more active, according to the WHO. The situation among young people in Germany is particularly worrying: 88% of girls and 80% of boys do not get enough exercise."
    1. https:// www.bzfe.de/service/news/aktuelle-meldungen/news-archiv/meldungen-2022/oktober/die-deutschen-bewegen-sich-zu-wenig/
    2. WHO study "Global levels of physical inactivity in adults ": https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/363607/9789240059153-eng.pdf?sequence=1
    3. WHO action plan: "Global action plan on physical activity 2018-2030": https: //iris.who.int/handle/10665/272722
    4. WHO "Global recommendations on physical activity for health": https: //www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241599979
    5. TK Physical Activity Study 2022: https: //www.tk.de/presse/themen/praevention/gesundheitsstudien/tk-studie-2022-beweg-dich-deutschland-2137706
  3. -25% days of sick leave through occupational health management / return-on-investment ratio: 1:5.56
    1. https://chapmaninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/O-07_Meta-Evaluation_2012_Update.pdf
  4. Annual prevention lump sum per insured person 2025 according to §20 SGB V para. 6: 8.77 euros
    1. https://www.haufe.de/personal/haufe-personal-office-platin/sommer-sgbv-20-primaere-praevention-und-gesundheitsfoer-24-richtwert-und-mindestbetraege-fuer-die-ausgaben-abs6_idesk_PI42323_HI2028948.html
    2. Prevention report: https: //www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/krankenversicherung/praevention_selbsthilfe_beratung/praevention_und_bgf/praeventionsbericht/praeventionsbericht.jsp
  5. Motivational incentives can increase the participation rate in BGM programs from approx. 30-40% to 80-90%, but are not permitted according to Guideline Prevention 5.3.6. "Granting financial incentives in accordance with § 20 SGB V is not permitted". Positive effects are prevented here by the existing regulatory framework. We are trying to approach the ZPP here and propose a pilot study, as we believe that rewards in the area of exercise habits in everyday life should be permissible.
    1. https:// www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/krankenversicherung/praevention_selbsthilfe_beratung/praevention_und_bgf/leitfaden_praevention/leitfaden_praevention.jsp
    2. https:// www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__beratung/praevention/praevention_leitfaden/2024-12-19_GKV-Leitfaden_Praevention_barrierefrei.pdf
  6. Effectiveness and benefits of workplace-related health promotion and prevention
    1. https://www.iga-info.de/veroeffentlichungen/igareporte/igareport-40
Is Move Republic tax-free?

First of all: we do not provide tax advice, the information given here are examples and experiences of our customers:

The Move Republic program is divided into the platform fee and non-cash rewards:

Platform fee:

the fee is charged for the SaaS solution "PulseCheck". This is a conventional B2B software and therefore an operating expense.

In-kind premium:

the non-cash bonus is generally assessed tax-free via the non-cash benefit. If otherwise documented, the bonus is taxed at a flat rate.

Move Republic app:

The Move Republic app for employees is free of charge.

Can you see exactly what each employee does?

No!

Move Republic protects the participants' data. Everyone controls which of this data is released in the program.

As an employer, you can:

- view the list of participants,
- view the team performance anonymously,
- not evaluate personal movement data.

How long will it take before we can start?

This can happen very quickly. It takes days or weeks rather than months from the moment you decide to join Move Republic to the start in the company.

  1. We agree the goals of the program together.
  2. We then individually design the motivational approach and the reward structure. Every company is different here.
  3. We then coordinate communication and onboarding and get started straight away.
START YOURSELF

SIMPLY TRY IT OUT

The Move Republic program is best experienced for yourself. You can start here without any obligation. We'll create a demo program and you can try it out for yourself. Simply download the app, invite colleagues and get started.

After submitting the form, you will receive an e-mail with all the information and a link to install the Move Republic app. You will then be able to access your own program and get started with your colleagues.

No obligation and free of charge!

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