MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Workplace Wellness, Flextime, Sick Leave
4 Apr 2016
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The major motivators of this trend in the u. s. include a desire to: reduce health care costs, Improve productivity: build a supportive organizational culture, active attempts should be made to ensure healthy and safe work environment. 90% of mid-sized american companies offer health-related programs. In canadian organizations, 59% of employees report they are expected to work a regular day with little flexibility in terms of scheduling or work location: health promotion programs may have been slower to develop in. Canadian companies due to our public health care system: health of employees impacts their performance at work, therefore companies should be interested in promoting worker health. Work family conflict a type of interrole conflict in which the role pressures experienced in the work and family domains are incompatible. Associated with reduced work performance and absenteeism. Estimated direct organizational costs range from billion to.
