HROB 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sick Leave, Job Sharing, Telecommuting
21 Apr 2017
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Chapter 14 workplace wellness family and health promotion and programs. Some have suggested that because canada has a public health care system, canadian companies assume less of the cost for illness and therefore have less of a financial impetus to develop employee health initiatives. Expensive for org as high work family conflict is associated with reduced work performance and higher rates of absenteeism. Work-family conflict is a type of inter role conflict (role pressures experienced in the work and family domains are incompatible) Employed adults spend a great deal of time in the workplace, so the worksite provides a convenient means of reaching many adults. Performance is affected at work therefore companies should be interested in promoting worker health. Flexible work arrangements (fwas) modifications to traditional work schedule. There are 2 basic versions of flexible work arrangements. Some programs are designed to help mitigate work-family conflict by reducing the amount of time spent in workplace.
