Top Management Personnel Launch A Lot Of Programs In Order To Help Decrease The Costs Related To Poor Employee Work Performance


Christine is a sixty-year-old woman who is the director of the HR department at a large chemical recovery company. In order to help decrease the costs associated with work related injuries, excessive sick days, increasing absenteeism, employee alcoholism and alcohol abuse, and poor employee work performance, Christine and the other company leaders established a number of programs that made the work atmosphere considerably more healthy, safe, and more productive.

As an illustration, fifteen years ago Christine and the other company leaders launched an Employee's Assistance Program so that all the employees had access to quality therapy for their personal problems that could negatively influence their personal well-being, health, and their work performance.

As another example, just about seven years ago Christine and the other company leaders constructed a forward-looking exercise and workout room complete with weights, many different types of exercise equipment, a professional trainer during business hours, exercise charts, mirrors, and scales.

As another illustration, around two-and-a-half years ago, Christine and the other VIPs created a "Weight-Watchers" class that at this moment in time meets every workday at 5:00 PM until 6:00 PM. In addition, the company leaders employed a weight-loss healthcare professional to oversee the program.

In the last eleven months, in a joint venture with the Employee's Assistance Program, Christine and the other members of top management implemented an "Anger Management" class for workers who want to learn how to better control their temper.

In the last four-and-a-half months, Christine and the other members of upper management started an alcohol and drug testing program that is related to their alcohol and drug abuse prevention program. In point of fact, Christine is the key individual in the company responsible for getting the message out to all the workers about the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program as well as the drug and alcohol testing program.

Another fairly recent addition to the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program is a class entitled "Alcohol Statistics and Facts." The reasoning behind this alcohol statistics facts class is that numerous people are unsuccessful in their attempt to recognize the full impact of the results of alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse without first reading about some of the alcoholism and alcohol abuse facts and statistics that are available. As a consequence, one of the objectives of this class is to provide a mixture of alcoholism and alcohol abuse statistics and facts to help employees gain a better understanding of the many of problems that are related to abusive and hazardous drinking and how they can stop these difficulties from coming about.

Most recently, Christine and the other members of top management, through observations from workers, created a class that centers directly on severe drinking entitled "What is Alcoholism"? This class meets every Tuesday morning an hour before work and focuses generally on the differences between alcoholism and alcohol abuse, on some of the fundamental differences between statistics on alcohol abuse and statistics on alcoholism, and on the types of counseling that are available for people who have alcohol drinking problems such as people who drink in an abusive manner.

Even though every one of these preventative maintenance and health programs was anything but inexpensive, top management personnel think that they are many thousands of dollars ahead by providing all of their employees with a safe, healthy, and more productive working situation.

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