Absenteeism

Fall kicks off football-filled weekends, cooler temperatures, colorful leaves … and a few unwelcome accompaniments.

Colds, flu, and seasonal allergies will probably start making the rounds at your office in the near future, if they haven’t already. For your employees, that means feeling physically ill and mentally drained; for you, it means taking up the slack … Continue Reading »

A stressed-out employee is a liability to your business. And odds are, there is more than one stressed-out employee in your midst.

Stress comes in many forms, from many directions, and can affect everything from physical health to mental well being to the ability to function at work.

For employers, whether stress is work-related or not matters … Continue Reading »

Headaches come in many forms and are caused by a variety of factors.

There is, however, one thing they have in common: They’re painful.

From a nagging tension headache that compromises your ability to concentrate to a no-holds-barred migraine that keeps you bedridden for the day, all headaches are, well, a headache.

In the workplace, the affliction affects … Continue Reading »

Hard as it is for productivity-minded employers to accept, some workdays are just a wash.

The reasons are endless: a sleepless night, stress, burnout, illness, or even distracting co-workers. Whatever the cause, it keeps them from giving their jobs their full attention and their best performance.

Because wasted time is wasted money, your company’s bottom line may … Continue Reading »

Smokers can be a real drag on your staff.

Not only do they miss more work due to illness, but they’re more likely to engage in “presenteeism,” which is a word coined to describe the act of coming to work sick (and therefore being less productive than they would be otherwise).

You probably already have a nonsmoking … Continue Reading »

A killer headache can kill productivity, too.

More distracting than a chatty coworker, more painful than a two-hour-long staff meeting, headaches in the workplace are a common (and serious) threat to day-to-day business.

Whether your workers take a sick day and leave a mile-high stack of paperwork languishing on their desks, or come to work and go … Continue Reading »

You may think allergy sufferers are in the clear come summer, but for many of them, that’s not the case.

Spring and fall haven’t cornered the market on allergens, and summer offenders can keep your employees sniffling and sneezing their way through yet another season. (This time, during the months when outdoor living is the name … Continue Reading »

Stress is a fact of life, but poorly managed stress can pose a danger to life.

Some people discover this when their chronic stress leads to high blood pressure, or hypertension, and other heart problems. Others lose sleep, lose or gain weight, develop gastrointestinal problems and aches and pains as a result of physical tension, or … Continue Reading »

“What a headache!” It’s a phrase that refers to anything that’s stressful, complicated, inconvenient, and bothersome.

“I can’t; I have a headache.” It’s a commonly cited (if often transparent) excuse that gets people out of doing things they don’t want to do. After all, it can’t be proven true or false, which makes it unlikely that … Continue Reading »

Productivity can mean the difference between a thriving business that surpasses its competitors or one that struggles to keep up … or even fails.

A healthy staff is a productive one, and your employees’ job performance often reflects their physical and mental state, either positively or negatively.

That’s just one of the reasons your employees’ health and … Continue Reading »