being healthy is important for living well and achieving longevity. in the business realm, furthermore, employers want healthy employees, as these workers tend to be more productive, have fewer rates of absenteeism, and use less of their health insurance resources. this article provides an overview of corporate “wellness” efforts in the american workplace and the concomitant challenges which em...

BACKGROUND Occupational health services may have a strategic role in the prevention of sickness absence, as well as in rehabilitation and return to work after sick leave, because of their medical expertise in combination with a close connection to workplaces. The purpose of this study was to explore how employers and occupational health service providers describe their business relations and th...

Almost since the beginning of its program operations, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has collected location and type of business data from employers-as a byproduct of the requirement that they report employee wages for benefit computation purposes. The agency has been able to draw on these statistical data for planning and policy analysis. Wage, location, and type of business data are...

PURPOSE This study examined issues related to using older workers in frontline jobs in long-term care from employers' and prospective employees' perspectives. DESIGN AND METHODS Telephone surveys were conducted with employers representing 615 nursing homes and 410 home health agencies, and 1,091 low-income participants aged 40+ in Operation ABLE employment and training organizations. A total ...

BACKGROUND The positive benefits of paid employment for individuals with mental health needs are well known yet many still remain unemployed (Perkins & Rinaldi, (2002). Unemployment rates among patients with long-term mental health problems: A decade of rising unemployment. Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(8), 295-298.). AIMS Attitudes of employers and employment agencies that may provide short-term ...

AIM The purpose of the study was to learn about the opinions of employers from small and medium sized enterprises regarding hiring mentally ill people and to identify barriers hindering such employment. METHOD The study was carried out by the Public Opinion Research Center in 2007 on an all-Poland representative sample of 503 employers. A questionnaire entitled "Employers' opinions on hiring ...

CONTEXT The recent change in accreditation requirements for anatomic pathology and clinical pathology residency training from 5 to 4 years and the rapid advances in technologies for pathology services have sparked a renewed debate over the adequacy of pathology residency training. In particular, perceived deficiencies in training have been declared from a variety of sources, both in the form of...

After a period of relatively low health care inflation during the 1990s, health care costs increased sharply in 1999 and 2000, and similarly high increases are estimated for 2001. The news for employers providing health insurance and their employees is worse: data indicate that increases in insurance premiums exceed the increases in the cost of care. Finally, whereas employers might have absorb...

OBJECTIVES Investigate factors associated with employee participation rates in health risk assessments. METHODS This cross-sectional study using multiple regression analyzed data from 124 employers with 882,275 eligible employees who completed 344,825 health and productivity assessments (HPAs). RESULTS Incentive value and Communications and Organizational Commitment Level (Com/Org Level) we...

OBJECTIVE To determine the measures employers in the construction industry take to promote sustainable employability, the barriers and facilitators that influence implementation and employer needs. METHODS Questionnaire among 499 employers and interviews with 17 employers. RESULTS Employers expressed a need for alternative jobs for workers who can no longer perform physically demanding task...