ROSWELL, Ga., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched the Healthy Workplace Project, a comprehensive approach to hand hygiene aimed at reducing workplace absenteeism and the productivity and business losses that occur when workers are sidelined by colds, the flu and other contagious ailments. Every year, businesses in the United States lose $74 billion due to absenteeism. And the germs that cause absenteeism are coming in the door every day with their employees and then being spread throughout the workplace," said Andy Clement, director of the hand hygiene and tissue business for Kimberly-Clark Professional. "It's crucial to break the chain of transmission wherever these employees go.
BANGOR - Business leaders in the Bangor area will have an opportunity next week to improve their preparedness for an extensive regional outbreak of influenza. At a free half-day workshop in Bangor, flu experts will provide an update of the current H1N1 flu pandemic, including the potential for widespread workplace absenteeism in coming months because of acute illness in workers and their family members. Guidance for developing workplace policies to ensure continued operations - including flexible employee scheduling and customer communications - also will be provided.
From co-workers who make you sick to toothpaste that doesn't, recent responses to my columns have run the gamut. So let's dip into the mailbag. Several readers commented on "presenteeism," which I brought up in my Aug. 22 column. To refresh your memory, the word presenteeism is used to describe the loss of productivity from employees who go to work while suffering from medical problems. A recent Cornell University study found that such productivity losses could exceed the costs of absenteeism in the workplace.
On Feb. 13, AGAPE Child & Family Services held a luncheon seminar for attendees to learn about healthy marriages and relationships, and their impact on the workplace. Seminar presenter Linda Oxford, clinical director of AGAPE Child & Family Services, presented statistics that show that a healthy marriage can lead to decreased absenteeism and higher productivity and profitability in the workplace. This seminar, sponsored by Lipscomb & Pitts Breakfast Club, was held in honor of National Healthy Marriage Week (Feb. 7- 14 ). We are proud to support such an important event," said Johnny Pitts, chief manager of Lipscomb & Pitts. "It is imperative for organizations to understand how the health of relationships and marriages affects the performance of their team members.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Executives, managers and human resources professionals can help their employees become more productive, improve attendance, increase loyalty and bolster their bottom line with a new online resource designed for workplaces by the Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education. Research suggests that one in four American workers experience serious financial stress and each stressed employee can cost an employer up to $2,000 a year in wasted time and absenteeism. To address workplace needs for financial education, the Office of Financial Education has launched a new module on its website, Your Money's Best Friend, under Resources for Educators.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - An alternative title for the potential blockbuster Star Wars movie "Revenge of the Sith" may well become "Revenge of the Sick" this week, with workplace experts predicting a rise in employee absenteeism because of the film. The third and final installment of the Star Wars prequel opened across the country at 12:01 a.m. today.
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