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Costing the Effects of Employee Assistance and Worksite Health-Promotion Programs. Chapter 5 Presented By: Lorie Sager Course: Selection & Evaluation. Interesting Stats (pg 109).
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Costing the Effects of Employee Assistance and Worksite Health-Promotion Programs Chapter 5 Presented By: Lorie Sager Course: Selection & Evaluation
Interesting Stats (pg 109) • Substance Abuse and mental illness cost US companies over $100 billion per year in lost time, accidents, health care, and workers compensation costs. • Sixty-five percent of all accidents on the job are directly related to drugs or alcohol. • Substance abusers are six times more likely than are their co-workers to file a workers’ compensation claim.
Did You Know? • Nearly 4 million women suffer from domestic abuse each year. • Victims of domestic abuse miss 175,000 days of paid work annually. • Domestic abuse costs employers $3-5 billion a year in absenteeism, reduced productivity, and increased health-care expenditures(Woodward 1998).
EAP’S • Forces Behind EAP’s • Characteristics • Costs & General Benefits
Worksite Health-Promotion Programs • Theory • Strategy • Disadvantages • Advantages • Costs