Employers in the United States are using a free online tool to estimate the economic impact of employee health problems on their organizations. The tool, Blueprint for Health, takes a company’s unique employee demographics and quantifies an array of costs, including health expenses, work absences and lost productivity. Employers simply fill in an online questionnarie […]
Workplace values, policies and practices have a significant impact on the quality of work-life balance in healthcare organizations, as well as the quality of services provided, according to the findings of a new survey of unionized healthcare workers in Alberta. “There will not be change in healthcare work processes without the participation of the employers,” […]
Office culture can influence drinking Workplace attitudes toward alcohol consumption can influence employees’ drinking habits, according to a recent study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Rates of alcohol consumption were significantly lower in companies that discouraged social drinking than in companies that were more tolerant of it, the study says. “We […]
Wellness not a ‘corporate value’ While 88% of Ontario employers offer at least one employee health promotion program, such as smoking cessation, only 6% of these organizations consider workplace wellness to be a corporate value, and only 3% have taken an integrated approach to wellness, finds a recent study by David Sharp, professor, University […]
Wellness not a ‘corporate value’ While 88% of Ontario employers offer at least one employee health promotion program, such as smoking cessation, only 6% of these organizations consider workplace wellness to be a corporate value, and only 3% have taken an integrated approach to wellness, finds a recent study by David Sharp, professor, University […]
The federal government’s Budget 2007 hits the mark when in comes to reducing medical wait times and developing an electronic health record, but falls short in dealing with the shortage of healthcare human resources in Canada, said the president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). The budget, which proposes to increase funding for Canada Health […]