As you know, I am very biased. I believe that EAPs are invaluable tools for helping employees and workplaces. And lots of time, the value doesn’t get noticed. Well, this blog will highlight another element of EAPs that demonstrate teh need for high quality. Most folks know of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) as a place [...]
If you don’t know who Jerry West is then you aren’t a real basketball fan. But, please don’t stop reading now if you don’t know him because this blog is about a talented basketball player and a courageous man who spent a lifetime fighting depression. And now he is sharing it his new autobiography, “West by [...]
Well, well, what a surprise. “Help Wanted: a Good Therapist” was the lead article today in the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Personal Journal section. Maybe we are finally recognizing in our business publications that mental health is important and that opening the topic up may just break the stigma attached for people in [...]
When we read or hear about drug abuse in the workplace, we often think of the common street drugs like cocaine, crack, marijuana, amphetamines, etc. What we don’t hear about however and what are fairly common are prescription medications. Yes, that it right. There has been an upsurge in abuse of prescription [...]
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According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress costs U.S. businesses “more than $300 billion annually due to increased absenteeism, employee turnover, diminished productivity, medical, legal and insurance expenses and Workers’ Compensation payments.”
That’s ten times the cost of all strikes combined, the organization says.
Even if, as an employer, you didn’t care about a ‘warm [...]
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This Father’s Day weekend, many moms are getting a nice surprise too: 53% of fathers would consider being a “stay at home dad” if it were financially feasible, according to a new survey by the Boston College Center for Work & Family.
While we often think of moms as bearing the full responsibility for finding child [...]
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According to recent speculation, discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may increase because of a change in the federal law.
The new law expands protection to employees and applicants with mental and psychiatric “disabilities” not previously covered. Furthermore, the EEOC will be more aggressive in enforcing the law. Since more mental conditions are [...]
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The other day, I heard about an interesting study by Duke University researchers. It found that doctors often make different recommendations for their patients than they do for themselves.
In a nut shell, when trying to determine a course of treatment for themselves, physicians let their emotions get in the way.
And why wouldn’t they? It is [...]
I’ve just returned from a three week vacation in which I made a concerted effort to disconnect from my office. Amazingly, I was pretty successful at it.
Here I am, the owner of a company that has, for the last 30 years, been in the business of providing employee assistance (EAP), worklife and wellness programs that enable employees and [...]
Sooner or later, every manager gets a terrible feeling in their gut: We have an employee that could ‘snap.’
It’s a legitimate concern for every organization.
Homicide is the second leading cause of workplace deaths and there are nearly 2 million assaults and threats of violence in U.S. workplaces every year.
To add insult to injury, workplace violence [...]
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