The Company Executives Institute A Number Of Programs To Help Diminish The Costs Related To Poor Employee Work Performance
Christine is a sixty-year-old woman who is the director of the human resources department at a large plastics finishing company. To reduce the costs associated with employee alcoholism and alcohol abuse, poor employee work performance, work related injuries, excessive sick days, and increasing absenteeism, Christine and the other company leaders instituted some programs that made the work environment significantly more safe, healthy, and more productive.
For instance, ten years ago Christine and the other members of top management established an Employee's Assistance Program so that all the workers had access to first-rate psychological counseling for their personal problems that could unfavorably affect their personal well-being, work performance, and their health.
As another example, around eight years ago Christine and the other members of top management erected a technologically advanced exercise and workout room complete with exercise charts, scales, many different types of exercise equipment, weights, a personal trainer during business hours, and mirrors.
As another example, around two years ago, Christine and the other VIPs developed a "Weight-Watchers" class that currently meets every workday at 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. Moreover, the company executives hired a weight-loss healthcare professional to manage the program.
In the last eleven months, in conjunction with the Employee's Assistance Program, Christine and the other members of top management instituted an "Anger Management" class for workers who want to learn how to better deal with their temper.
In the last three months, Christine and the other VIPs put into operation a drug and alcohol testing program that is tied into their drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. In truth, Christine is the key person in the company responsible for getting the message out to all the workers about the drug and alcohol testing program as well as the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program.
Another fairly recent addition to the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program is a class entitled "Alcohol Statistics and Facts." The rationale behind this alcohol statistics facts class is that many people do not appreciate the total impact of the effects of alcoholism and alcohol abuse without first reading about some of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics and facts that are available. As a result, one of the goals of this class is to provide a range of alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction facts and statistics in order to help employees gain a better understanding of the host of problems that are associated with excessive and abusive drinking and how they can stop these issues from transpiring.
Most recently Christine and the other company executives, through comments from employees, created a class that focuses directly on severe drinking entitled "What is Alcoholism"? This class meets every Friday morning a half hour before work and focuses principally on the differences between alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse, on some of the essential differences between statistics on alcohol abuse and statistics on alcoholism, and on the types of treatment that are available for people who have alcohol drinking problems such as people who drink in a hazardous manner.
Even though every one of these preventative maintenance and health programs was not inexpensive, the company leaders reason that they are many thousands of dollars ahead by providing all of their workers with a more productive, healthy, and safe work atmosphere.
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